Results, 筋
- 筋★【すじ】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
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.
私はそのニュースを確かな筋から得た。 I got the news from a reliable source.
きみが言っていることは筋があまりよく通っていない。 There isn't much logic in what you're saying.
その小説の筋はわからない。 I don't understand this novel's plot.
私は去年、それを別の筋から聞いた。 I heard about it from another source last year.
Kanji definition:
- 筋
- 常用6年JLPTN1
キン・すじ
muscle; sinew; tendon; fiber; plot; plan; descent
- ➜
- 觔
- Strokes:
- 12
- Radical:
- 竹⺮ bamboo
- SKIP:
- 2-6-6
- UTF:
- 7b4b
- JIS208:
- 22-58
- Hangul:
- 근 [geun]
- Pinyin:
- jīn
- Example words:
- 筋【すじ】
- muscle; tendon; sinew; / vein; artery; / fiber; fibre; string; / line; stripe; streak; / reason; logic; / 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; / seam on a helmet; / gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.); / social position; status; / on (a river, road, etc.); along; / counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions; / (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
- 筋肉【きんにく】
- muscle; sinew
- 道筋【みちすじ】
- path; route; itinerary
- 大筋【おおすじ】
- outline; summary
- 鉄筋【てっきん】
- rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; / reinforced concrete
Partial results:
- 筋書き☆【すじがき】筋書
noun:
- synopsis; outline; plot
筋書きは別として、その本は私をひきつけた。 Apart from the plot, the book interested me.
- 筋違い☆【すじちがい】すじ違い Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- cramp; sprain; crick; strain (muscle)
noun:
- unreasonableness; absurdity
~の noun / adjectival noun:
- illogical; unreasonable
- misdirected; misplaced; wrong (of estimate, guess)
君が罰をうけるのは筋違いだと思った。 We thought it was absurd that you got punished.
僕は君が罰をうけるのは筋違いだと思った。 I thought it was absurd that you got punished.
- 筋の通った【すじのとおった】
noun or verb acting prenominally / expression:
- rational; logical; coherent
君の計画が筋の通ったものであることは認めるけれど、それを実行するのはやはりとても難しいと思うよ。 Admittedly your plan makes sense, but I still think it will be very hard to carry out.
- 筋骨隆々【きんこつりゅうりゅう】筋骨隆隆 Inflection
adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
- muscular; strong-muscled - four character idiom
- 筋が通る【すじがとおる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent ➜ 筋が立つ
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