NichiDict

N3
すじ
[suji]
Illustration for 筋

Meanings

1.Noun

muscle; tendon; sinew

2.Noun

vein; artery

3.Noun

fiber; fibre; string

4.Noun

line; stripe; streak

5.Noun

reason; logic

6.Noun

plot; storyline

7.Noun

lineage; descent

8.Noun

school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)

9.Noun

aptitude; talent

10.Noun

source (of information, etc.); circle; channel

11.Noun

well-informed person (in a transaction)

12.Noun

logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)

13.Noun

shogininth vertical line

14.Noun

seam on a helmet

15.Noun

gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)

16.NounSuffixNo-adj

on (a river, road, etc.); along

17.SuffixCounter

counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions

18.Suffix

street (in Osaka)

Other Readings

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Examples

激しい運動でを痛めてしまったので休む。

I hurt my muscle from exercise.

この映画のが複雑すぎて分からない。

I don't understand this movie's plot.

彼は鍛えていて腕にが浮き出ている。

He trains, and the sinews stand out on his arm.