Copyright © 2026 Kotomora. All Rights Reserved.
流血 (りゅうけつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
bloodshed ; bleeding ; shedding blood
Used as a noun and as 流血する. It can describe actual bleeding from an injury, but is especially common in written or news-like expressions for violent incidents involving bloodshed, such as 流血の事態 and 流血の惨事.
じ
態たい
に
発はっ
展てん
し
た
。
The demonstration developed into a bloodshed incident.
Similar words 出しゅっ 血けつ More general and medical-sounding for bleeding or hemorrhage; 流血 often sounds more dramatic or news-like and suggests visible bloodshed.
惨さん 事じ Means a disastrous or tragic incident; it often combines with 流血 as 流血の惨事, but does not itself mean bleeding.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 流, associated with flowing, and 血, blood. The spelling transparently reflects the idea of blood flowing or being shed.
