Bloodline - Ketsumyaku

Japanese: 血脈 - けつみゃく

〘Noun〙① Tubes through which blood flows in the body. Blood vessels. ※Honcho Monsui (around 1060) 8. Preface to the poem "Shunsei Tsukuchi Chido Shi" (by Keishi Yasutane) "Water springs are also blood vessels. At dawn, ice disappears and the waves become warm." [Shiji - Rakusho] ② = Kechimyaku (bloodline) ① ※Joruri - Eboshi Ori ( around 1690) 5 "I have the features to carry on the bloodline, which has held power for generations." ※Joruri - Kanto Hachishu Tsunagiuma (1724) 3 "When I was young, I had a strong temperament and often did not follow the wishes of my siblings and parents. Each time I abandoned my bloodline , and the path of morality in Japan came to an end." [Liangshu - Biography of Liu Yao] ③ ＝Kechimyaku (bloodline) ② ※Takanohon Heike (before the 13th century) 2 "Feeling the earnestness of the priest's heart, he bestowed upon him the bloodline of One Mind and Three Contemplations that he had kept secret in his heart for many years." ④ ＝ Kechimyaku (bloodline) ③④ [Nippo Jisho (1603-04)]

Chi-myaku [bloodline]

〘noun〙① A vessel through which blood flows. ② Lineage. Blood lineage.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 体の中の血液の流れる管。血管。※本朝文粋（1060頃）八・春生逐地形詩序〈慶滋保胤〉「水泉亦血脉。暁冰消而波暖」〔史記‐楽書〕② ＝けちみゃく（血脈）①※浄瑠璃・烏帽子折（1690頃）五「代々天下の権を執(と)る、我其血脈をつぐべき人相」※浄瑠璃・関八州繋馬（1724）三「若き時は血気内に強く、兄親の心に叶はぬがち、其度毎に血脈(ケツミャク)を捨ば、日本国天地人倫の道絶へ果つるを」〔梁書‐劉杳伝〕③ ＝けちみゃく（血脈）②※高野本平家（１３Ｃ前）二「僧正心ざしの切なる事を感じて、年来御心中に秘せられたりし一心三観の血脉(ケツミャク)相承をさづけらる」④ ＝けちみゃく（血脈）③④〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕