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JLPT N1 · Noun

脈 (myaku)

脈 (みゃく, myaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “pulse”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
みゃく
Romaji
myaku
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

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

Example sentences

脈が遅いです。
My pulse is slow.
Tatoeba #81042

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 脈

脈
vein, pulse, hopeミャク・すじ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 脈.

文脈ぶんみゃくcontext (of a passage)山脈さんみゃくmountain range

Source: JMdict entry 1528440 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.