脈

みゃく

Also written 脉

Meanings

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

Kanji

• 脈 vein. Read as ミャク.

Example sentences

• 君の脈は正常だ。
  You have a regular pulse.
• 医者は彼の脈をとった。
  The doctor felt his pulse.
• 医者は私の脈をとった。
  The doctor felt my pulse.
• 医者はその患者の脈は少し速いと思った。
  The doctor thought the patient's pulse was rather rapid.
• あなたの脈は普通です。
  Your pulse is normal.

Common phrases

• 脈がある (みゃくがある) to have a pulse
• 脈をとる (みゃくをとる) to take someone's pulse

Words containing 脈

• 文脈 (ぶんみゃく) context (of a passage)
• 山脈 (さんみゃく) mountain range
• 動脈 (どうみゃく) artery

And 272 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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