(こんけつ)

こんけつ
noun
mixed blood; mixed race
1. mixed blood; mixed race; mixed heritage
Having parents of different racial or ethnic backgrounds. Can refer to the state of being mixed-race or to a person of mixed heritage.
混血(こんけつ)()ども。
A child of mixed heritage.
彼女(かのじょ)日本人(にほんじん)とフランス(じん)混血(こんけつ)だ。
She is of mixed Japanese and French heritage.
混血(こんけつ)であることをアイデンティティの一部(いちぶ)として(ほこ)りに(おも)っている。
She takes pride in her mixed heritage as part of her identity.

This term is considered somewhat dated and clinical. In modern Japanese, ハーフ is widely used for people with one Japanese and one non-Japanese parent, though some consider that term reductive as well. 混血(こんけつ)() (child of mixed race) appeared frequently in post-war writing. In biology, 混血(こんけつ) can also refer to crossbreeding of animals. Related: ハーフ (half — person of mixed Japanese and foreign parentage), ダブル (double — preferred alternative to ハーフ by some), 混血(こんけつ)() (mixed-race child — dated).