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34 血液型 Blood Type

Alternative Meanings

Blood Group

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

けつえきがた

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

私は血液型がB型の人が苦手です。

I don’t like people whose blood type is B.

Meaning Explanation

Your blood fluid type is your blood type. This is a very important thing to know in Japan for some reason.

Reading Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji, at least the 血液 part. The 型 uses the kun'yomi reading, probably because it's an add-on word.

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