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

noun:

• outline; main point; gist

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• general; substantially; approximately; about
• in the first place; to begin with; from the start

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gradually; little by little; in a breezy manner - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• soon; before long - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• here and there; scattered - onomatopoeia

noun:

• spots; dots; pimples; rash - onomatopoeia

noun:

• lost point (in a game); point given away; conceded goal Antonym: 得点
• run charged to the pitcher - Baseball term
• blunder; mistake; error

noun:

• actual article or goods
• spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.)
• (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• hardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation; sclerosis; curing Antonym: 軟化
• hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; toughening Antonym: 軟化
• upturn (in the market); firming up Antonym: 軟化

noun / ~する noun:

• reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

expression:

• in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)
• hoping or wishing for something

noun / ~する noun:

• racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle
• fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles

noun:

• sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger
• mimeograph - abbreviation ➜ がり版
• reprimand; rebuke; censure; reproof - usu. as がりを食う
• overly skinny person - slang - derogatory term ➜ がりがり

adverb / ~と adverb:

• completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; totally; wholly; without hesitation - onomatopoeia
• cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow - onomatopoeia

expression:

• Excuse me for interrupting you when you are so busy (formal phrase used in business letters, etc.)

noun:

• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - Food term ➜ ばら寿司【ばらずし】・五目鮨【ごもくずし】

noun:

• Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)

noun:

• suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant

noun / ~する noun:

• heating a vessel without water in it; heating an empty pan, kettle, boiler, bathtub, etc.

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

noun / ~する noun:

• soaking fabric in lukewarm water (to soften and remove starch); desizing; moistening with steam
• blanching (food); parboiling food

noun:

• sky burial (funeral ritual in which the body of the deceased is exposed to be eaten by birds)

noun:

• writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• poets and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting, and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation

noun:

• historical system whereby the Hida region provided 10 carpenters per village the central government in place of taxes

noun / ~する noun:

• cut into long thin shavings (primarily vegetables), in the manner a pencil is sharpened with a knife

noun / ~する noun:

• breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.); pulmonary aspiration; mis-swallowing; swallowing down the wrong pipe - Medicine term