すじ
筋
muscle; tendon; sinew
N5Common wordNoun
Noun
muscle•tendon•sinew
Noun
vein•artery
Noun
fiber•fibre•string
Noun
line•stripe•streak
Noun
reason•logic
Noun
plot•storyline
Noun
lineage•descent
Noun
school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
Noun
aptitude•talent
Noun
source (of information, etc.)•circle•channel
Noun
well-informed person (in a transaction)
Noun
logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
Noun
ninth vertical line
Noun
seam on a helmet
Noun
gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
Noun
social position•status
Noun (suffix), Noun, No-adjective
on (a river, road, etc.)•along
Suffix, Counter
counter for long thin things•counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
Suffix
street (in Osaka)
Suffix, Counter
(Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
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Kanji Breakdown
Example Sentences
その小説の筋はわからない。
I don't understand this novel's plot.
物語の筋はある島を舞台に展開する。
The action of the story takes place on an island.
私は去年、それを別の筋から聞いた。
I heard about it from another source last year.
私はそのニュースを確かな筋から得た。
I got the news from a reliable source.
彼がそのテレビドラマの筋を話す役割をした。
He had the role of narrating the television drama.