パルスparusu

1. nounpulse

• Synonym脈拍みゃくはくNeutralThe standard medical term for a person's pulse, as in 「脈拍を測る」; パルス usually refers to electronic pulses instead.
• Synonym脈みゃくNeutralShort word for the pulse, also used figuratively for hope as in 「脈がある」; common in everyday speech.
• Synonym脈動みゃくどうNeutralSteady, regular pulsation; also slight ground vibration from causes other than earthquakes, stressing continuous wave motion.
• Related鼓動こどうNeutralThe heartbeat and its sound, as in 「胸の鼓動」; carries a literary feel that パルス lacks.
• RelatedドキドキCasualOnomatopoeic for a heart pounding from nerves, fear or excitement; colloquial, unlike the technical パルス.
• Related心拍しんぱくNeutralThe heartbeat itself, as in 「心拍数」, rather than the arterial pulse; a medical and sports term for heart-rate contexts.
• Related拍動はくどうNeutralThe heart's rhythmic beating; a medical term for bodily pulsation, not the electronic pulses パルス usually means.
• RelatedインパルスNeutralLoanword for impulse: in physics, force multiplied by time; in physiology, a nerve impulse. A technical term.

「パルス」 is the loanword for electronic pulses, as in 「パルス信号」, though it can also mean the pulse. Medical language uses 「脈拍」 for the pulse and 「心拍」 for the heartbeat; a pounding heart is 「ドキドキ」, the heartbeat's sound 「鼓動」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 脈拍みゃくはく。
2. 急激きゅうげきに上昇じょうしょうし、短時間たんじかんで急激きゅうげきに降下こうかするような電流でんりゅうや電波でんぱ。