出血

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 出血(しゅっけつ) means bleeding, or blood leaving the blood vessels.
• Basic usage: It is used for the state of bleeding or for bleeding coming to a stop.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 止まる and 止める
  • 出血が止まる describes bleeding stopping; 出血を止める describes an action that stops the bleeding.
• Consonant closure
  • しゅっけつ contains a small っ, marking a one-beat consonant closure.