気き脈みゃく

noun

tacit understanding; collusion; connection of thoughts

Refers to an unspoken mutual understanding or secret agreement between people, often with a nuance of scheming or collusion. Commonly used in the phrase 気脈を通じる (to be in secret communication).

See also: 気脈を通じる

• 彼かれらは気き脈みゃくを通つうじて、計けい画かくを進すすめていた。

  They were advancing the plan through tacit understanding.

• 二人ふたりの間あいだには何なにか気き脈みゃくが通つうじているようだ。

  It seems there is some kind of unspoken connection between the two.

noun

blood vessel

Rare term for blood vessel; the standard modern word is 血管 (けっかん). This sense is archaic or highly specialized.

See also: 血管

• 古ふるい医い学がく書しょでは「気き脈みゃく」が血けっ管かんを指さすことがある。

  In old medical texts, 気脈 can refer to blood vessels.