脈みゃく

noun

pulse

Refers to the rhythmic beating of the heart as felt in arteries, or metaphorically to the rhythm or vitality of something.

• 医い者しゃは患かん者じゃの脈みゃくを診みた。

  The doctor checked the patient's pulse.

• この街まちには活かっ気きの脈みゃくが感かんじられる。

  You can feel the pulse of vitality in this town.

noun

vein

Used for blood vessels, and also for mineral veins or streaks in rocks, wood, etc.

• 大だい理り石せきに美うつくしい脈みゃくが走はしっている。

  Beautiful veins run through the marble.

noun

chain; range

Used in compounds like 山脈 (mountain range) to indicate a connected series.

• 日本にほんアルプスはいくつかの山さん脈みゃくから成なる。

  The Japanese Alps consist of several mountain ranges.

noun

hope; prospect

Often used in negative or conditional expressions like 脈がない or 脈がありそう, meaning there is no hope or there seems to be a chance.

• 彼かれがその仕し事ごとに就つける脈みゃくはなさそうだ。

  There seems to be no hope of him getting that job.

noun

thread; connection

Refers to a logical connection or thread in an argument, story, or conversation.

• 彼かれの話はなしは脈みゃくが通とおっていない。

  His story doesn't have a coherent thread.