How to say "pulse" in Japanese

• 脈みゃくJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe heartbeat sense: the pulse as felt at the wrist or neck. It names the beat itself; 脈拍 is the word that also covers the pulse rate.
  脈みゃくが遅おそいです。↗

  My pulse is slow.
• パルスCommon
  nounThe loanword for a pulse in technical and scientific contexts: a brief burst of electricity, sound, or light, as in signals and measurements. It is not used for a person's heartbeat.
• 脈拍みゃくはくCommon
  nounThe pulse thought of as something counted or measured: it covers the beat itself and the pulse rate, and fits medical and health contexts such as a checkup.
  体温たいおん上昇じょうしょう、脈拍みゃくはく上昇じょうしょう・・・酸素欠乏さんそけつぼう状態じょうたいです。↗

  Body temperature rising, pulse rising ... he's in a state of oxygen deficiency.
• 豆類まめるいCommon
  nounThe food and agriculture sense of 'pulse': edible seeds of leguminous crops — beans, peas, and the like — and the plants that yield them. It has nothing to do with the heartbeat.
  ビタミンＥを豊富ほうふに含ふくむ食物しょくもつには、濃こい緑色みどりいろをした菜っ葉なっぱ類るい・豆まめ類るい・ナッツ類るい・全粒ぜんりゅう穀類こくるいがある。↗

  Foods rich in vitamin E include dark-green, leafy vegetables, beans, nuts and whole-grain cereals.

For the heartbeat sense choose 脈 or 脈拍 (脈拍 also covers the pulse rate), 「パルス」 for technical pulses in science and engineering, and 豆類 only for 'pulse' as edible legume seeds.

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• 脈みゃくpulse
• パルスpulse
• 脈拍みゃくはくpulse
• 豆類まめるいpulse (edible seeds of various leguminous crops)
• プルスpulse
• パルス状パルスじょうpulse
• 拍節はくせつpulse
• 脈打つみゃくうつto pound (e.g. heart)