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    脈

    脈みゃく

    pulse

    N1KMT8News #20+1CoreNounNature & EnvironmentMedicine & HealthEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab10 strokes

    脉

    みゃく

    Noun

    1.
    pulse
    2.
    vein
    3.
    chain (of mountains, etc.)
    4.
    hope
    5.
    thread (of an argument)

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    医い者しゃが患かん者じゃの脈みゃくを測はかった。

    The doctor took the patient's pulse.

    KMT6Medicine & Health
    運うん動どう後ごは脈みゃく拍はくが速はやくなるのが普ふ通つうです。

    It's normal for your pulse rate to increase after exercise.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthSports & Martial Arts
    彼かれの脈みゃくは非ひ常じょうに弱よわく、危き険けんな状じょう態たいだった。

    His pulse was very weak, and he was in a dangerous condition.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    まだ彼かれには助たすかる脈みゃくがあるかもしれない。

    There might still be a glimmer of hope for him to be saved.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    この議ぎ論ろんには一いっ貫かんした脈みゃくがなく、結けつ論ろんを導みちびき出だすのは難むずかしい。

    This argument lacks a consistent thread, making it difficult to draw a conclusion.

    KMT9Core ConceptsEducation

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    脈
    すじ…(1)
    vein・pulse・hope
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