"血が通う" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

Forms: 血が通う godan [canonical] (ruby: 血(ち), 通(かよ)), chi ga kayou [romanization], 血が通い [stem] (ruby: 血(ち), 通(かよ)), 血が通った [past] (ruby: 血(ち), 通(かよ))
Head templates: {{ja-verb|ち が かよ.う|type=1}} 血(ち)が通(かよ)う • (chi ga kayou) godan (stem 血(ち)が通(かよ)い (chi ga kayoi), past 血(ち)が通(かよ)った (chi ga kayotta))
  1. (literal) for blood to flow, be conveyed (through the body)
    Sense id: en-血が通う-ja-verb-aHAUSO41 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Blood Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 69 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 71 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 76 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Blood: 93 7
  2. (figurative) to exhibit humanity, heart, warmth Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-血が通う-ja-verb-2i701wdd Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 43 57
     
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        "(literal) for blood to flow, be conveyed (through the body)"
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