How to say muscle in Japanese

JLPTN3
筋★【すじsuji】条

noun:

  • muscle; tendon; sinew
  • vein; artery
  • fiber; fibre; string
  • line; stripe; streak
  • reason; logic ➜ 筋が通る
  • plot; storyline
  • lineage; descent
  • school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
  • aptitude; talent
  • source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
  • well-informed person (in a transaction)
  • logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
  • ninth vertical line - Shōgi term
  • seam on a helmet
  • gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 筋蒲鉾
  • social position; status - archaism

suffix noun / noun / ~の noun:

  • on (a river, road, etc.); along

suffix / counter:

  • counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
  • (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency) - archaism

Example Sentences

彼kareはhaボディビルBODEIBIRUがga趣味shumiとtoいうiuだけあってdakeatte体karadaがgaガシッとGASHIttoしているshiteiru。
Bodybuilding is his hobby so he has a very firm tight body with lots of muscle definition.
肉離れnikubanareをwo起こしましたokoshimashita。
I pulled a muscle.
心臓shinzouはha筋肉kinnikuでdeできているdekiteiru。
The heart is made of muscle.
筋肉組織kinnikusoshikiはha無数のmusuuno細胞saibouからkaraなっているnatteiru。
Muscle tissue consists of innumerable cells.
ゆえにyueni、筋肉kinnikuのno５０パーセントPAASENTOがga脂肪shibouにni取って代わられるtottekawarareru可能性kanouseiがgaあるaru。
Hence 50 percent of the muscle can give way to fat.

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