一いち脈みゃく

noun

a vein; a thread of connection

Used to describe a subtle but perceptible link, similarity, or underlying continuity between things, often in abstract contexts like ideas, styles, or atmospheres. Commonly appears in the phrase 一脈通じる (to have something in common).

• 彼かれの作さく品ひんには、師し匠しょうの作さく品ひんと一いち脈みゃく通つうじるものがある。

  There is a thread of connection between his work and his master's.

• その二ふたつの事じ件けんには一いち脈みゃくの関かん連れんがあるように思おもえる。

  It seems there is a vein of connection between those two incidents.