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脈 vein

Meaningvein; pulse; hope
Onミャク
Kunすじ
Strokes10
First metN1 lesson 133, in 文脈

Stroke order

Words

WordReadingMeaningLevel
文脈ぶんみゃくtextual contextN1
脈々みゃくみゃくcontinuously flowing, unbroken lineageN1
伝統的文脈でんとうてきぶんみゃくclassical cultural context and heritageN1
伏流水脈ふくりゅうすいみゃくsubterranean aquifer channel networkN1

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)