1
muscle;tendon;sinew
2
vein;artery
3
fiber;fibre;string
4
line;stripe;streak
5
reason;logic
See also:
筋が通る (すじがとおる)
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.
6
plot;storyline
その小説の筋はわからない。
I don't understand this novel's plot.
7
lineage;descent
8
school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
9
aptitude;talent
10
source (of information, etc.);circle;channel
私は去年、それを別の筋から聞いた。
I heard about it from another source last year.
11
well-informed person (in a transaction)
12
logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
13
ninth vertical line
14
seam on a helmet
15
gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
See also:
筋蒲鉾 (すじかまぼこ)
16
social position;status
17
on (a river, road, etc.);along
18
suffix · counter
counter for long thin things;counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
19
suffix
only applies to
筋
street (in Osaka)
20
suffix · counter
(Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
Other forms
条 【すじ】