血ち祭まつり

noun

ritual pre-battle killing; blood offering to raise morale

Historical term for killing an enemy soldier before battle as a morale-boosting ritual. Rare in modern usage outside historical or figurative contexts.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいには、合かっ戦せんの前まえに血ち祭まつりをあげる習しゅう慣かんがあった。

  In the Warring States period, there was a custom of performing a blood offering before battle.

noun

bloodbath; violent killing

Figurative extension of the ritual sense, used for any scene of brutal killing or carnage. Often appears in dramatic or literary descriptions.

• 抗こう争そうは血ち祭まつりとなり、多おおくの犠ぎ牲せい者しゃが出でた。

  The conflict turned into a bloodbath, with many casualties.

noun

menstruation (jocular)

Humorous slang likening menstruation to a blood ritual. Used casually among close friends; can be considered crude.

• 「今こん月げつも血ち祭まつりが始はじまった」と彼かの女じょは冗じょう談だんで言いった。

  "The blood festival has started again this month," she joked.