脈 vein

Stroke order 10 strokes

Meaning	vein; pulse; hope
On	ミャク
Kun	すじ
Strokes	10
First met	N1 lesson 133, in 文脈

Words

Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
文脈	ぶんみゃく	textual context	N1
脈々	みゃくみゃく	continuously flowing, unbroken lineage	N1
伝統的文脈	でんとうてきぶんみゃく	classical cultural context and heritage	N1
伏流水脈	ふくりゅうすいみゃく	subterranean aquifer channel network	N1

Examples

抜(ぬ)かりございません、家元(いえもと)。まな板(いた)の水(みず)打(う)ちから刃物(はもの)の配置(はいち)に至(いた)るまで、当(とう)アトリエの厳格(げんかく)な規律(きりつ)を徹底(てってい)させております。古来(こらい)より脈々(みゃくみゃく)と受(う)け継(つ)がれてきた庖丁(ほうちょう)道(どう)の精神(せいしん)を伝承(でんしょう)することこそ、我々(われわれ)の果(は)たすべき責務(せきむ)です。

Nothing has been overlooked, Grand Master. From wetting the cutting boards to laying out the knives, I have made sure the atelier's strict discipline is kept. To pass on the spirit of the way of the knife, handed down unbroken since ancient times, is the duty we must fulfil. (N1 lesson 151)