血（ち）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: blood
Example sentences
- 指を切って少し血が出た。 — I cut my finger and it bled a little.
- けがをして血が止まらない。 — I got hurt and the bleeding won't stop.
Idioms & proverbs containing “血”
- 血は争えない (ちはあらそえない) — like father, like son; you can't fight blood
- 血は水よりも濃い (ちはみずよりもこい) — blood is thicker than water
- 鮮血淋漓 (せんけつりんり) — dripping with fresh blood
- 屍山血河 (しざんけつが) — heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
- 血が騒ぐ (ちがさわぐ) — to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
- 血の通った (ちのかよった) — flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; blood-circulating
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