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冷血漢 (れいけつかん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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noun
cold-blooded person ; heartless person
A strongly negative term for someone who lacks empathy or emotion, often used to describe cruel or unfeeling behavior. The word carries a literary or dramatic tone.
あの
冷れい
血けつ
漢かん
は
、
自じ
分ぶん
の
利り
益えき
の
ため
なら
誰だれ
で
も
裏うら
切ぎ
る
。
That heartless person would betray anyone for his own gain.
Kanji 冷 cool, cold (beer, person), chill Similar words 冷れい 酷こく 冷酷 is an adjective meaning 'cruel' or 'cold-hearted', describing a trait or attitude, while 冷血漢 is a noun labeling a person as cold-blooded.
薄はく 情じょう 薄情 means 'heartless' or 'unfeeling' and is more about lacking compassion in a specific situation, whereas 冷血漢 implies a fundamental, almost inhuman lack of warmth.
Etymology Compound of 冷血 (cold-blooded) and 漢 (man, fellow). The term likely emerged in modern Japanese as a calque or parallel formation to English 'cold-blooded', used figuratively for a person lacking emotion.
