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筋、条 すじ、スジ suji

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  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) muscle; tendon; sinew
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) vein; artery
  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) fiber; fibre; string
  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) line; stripe; streak
  5. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) reason; logic
    see: 筋が通る
  6. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) plot; storyline
  7. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) lineage; descent
  8. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
  9. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) aptitude; talent
  10. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
  11. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) well-informed person (in a transaction)
  12. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) go (game)shogi effective move; logical move; suji; tesuji
    see: 手筋・2
  13. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) shogi ninth vertical line
  14. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) seam on a helmet
  15. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) abbreviation gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
    see: 筋蒲鉾
  16. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) archaic social position; status
  17. noun, used as a suffixnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no' on (a river, road, etc.); along
  18. suffixcounter counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
  19. suffix street (in Osaka)
  20. suffixcounter archaic (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)

Kanji in this word

muscle, sinew, tendon

Example sentences

彼は背筋を伸ばして座っていた。
kare ha sesuji wo nobashi te suwaxtsu te i ta 。
He was sitting up straight.
彼は青筋を立てて怒った。
kare ha aosuji wo tate te okoxtsu ta 。
He was so angry that his veins stood out.
彼は私の首筋をつかんだ。
kare ha watakushi no kubisuji wo tsukan da 。
He caught me by the neck.
彼は筋肉をつけるためにトレーニングしている。
kare ha kin'niku wo tsukeru tame ni toreeningu shi te iru 。
He has been working out to develop his muscles.
彼は一筋縄ではいかない。
kare ha hitosuji nawa de ha ika nai 。
He is hard to deal with.
彼の話の筋道がわからなくなってしまったようだ。
kare no hanashi no sujimichi ga wakara naku naxtsu te shimaxtsu ta you da 。
He seems to have lost the thread of the story.

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