also: はなじ
nosebleed
Common noun for blood coming from the nose. Typical patterns include 鼻血が出る, 鼻血を出す, and 鼻血が止まる.
When I woke up in the morning, I had a nosebleed.
The nosebleed just won't stop.
After a while, my nosebleed stopped.
I stopped the nosebleed with a tissue.
He wiped away the nosebleed with a towel.
鼻出血 is the formal medical term doctors use for a nosebleed, whereas 鼻血 is the everyday word people use in daily life.
鼻水 looks and sounds similar to 鼻血 but means runny nose mucus, not blood.
Standard kanji spelling. The dictionary kana reading is はなぢ, reflecting 鼻 plus 血 with voicing.
Kana spelling using the standard kana representation ぢ; useful in casual, child-facing, or explanatory writing.
Attested irregular kana form. It is useful for lookup, but 鼻血 or はなぢ is the safer spelling in standard writing.
A transparent compound of 鼻 (nose) and 血 (blood). The kana はなぢ reflects voicing of 血 in the compound; はなじ is listed as an irregular kana form.