筋 | Shirabe

筋すじ

筋すじ

Common Noun

English JMdict (multilingual)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) muscle;tendon;sinew

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) vein;artery

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) fiber;fibre;string

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) line;stripe;streak

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) 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.

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) plot;storyline

その小説の筋はわからない。

I don't understand this novel's plot.

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) lineage;descent

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) aptitude;talent

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) 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.

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) well-informed person (in a transaction)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) shogi ninth vertical line

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) seam on a helmet

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) abbreviation gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)

See also: 筋蒲鉾 (すじかまぼこ)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) archaic social position;status

nounnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no' on (a river, road, etc.);along

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

suffix only applies to 筋 street (in Osaka)

suffix · counter archaic (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)

Other forms 条【すじ】