Word Meaning 吸血

きゅうけつ kyuuketsu

吸血 is read as きゅうけつ (kyuuketsu) and means bloodsucking.

Meaning

English

  1. bloodsucking
  2. sucking blood

Reading

Kana

きゅうけつ

Romaji

kyuuketsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 128632 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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吸血動物

きゅうけつどうぶつ

bloodsucker

吸血鬼

きゅうけつき

vampire

吸血姫

きゅうけつき

female vampire

吸血蝙蝠

きゅうけつこうもり

vampire bat

日本住血吸虫病

にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうびょう

schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)

日本住血吸虫

にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅう

Oriental blood fluke (Schistosoma japonicum)

住血吸虫

じゅうけつきゅうちゅう

blood fluke (any fluke of family Schistosomatidae)

日本住血吸虫症

にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうしょう

schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)

血吸蝙蝠

ちすいこうもり

vampire bat (Desmodontinae spp.)

血吸蛭

ちすいびる

Hirudo nipponia (species of blood-sucking leech)

吸収線量

きゅうしゅうせんりょう

absorbed dose (radiation)

吸収線

きゅうしゅうせん

absorption line

Example Sentences

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Do you believe in vampires?

Do you believe in vampires?

Are vampires real?

Vampires like darkness.

Tom believes in vampires.

A vampire can paralyze people just by looking at them.

Tom believes in vampires.

I wonder which one I'll watch, the zombie one or the vampire one.

Apparently Tom bit his friend. What is he, a vampire or something?