How to say "streak" in Japanese

• 縞しまJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun (suffix), no-adjectiveCovers streak in the visual sense: a stripe or bar of contrasting color in a pattern or on a surface, as with striped cloth or a similar design.
  あのグリーンの縞しまのシャツ、今こん洗濯せんたくしてるん？↗

  Is that green striped shirt in the wash?
• 鉱脈こうみゃくCommon
  nounCovers streak in the mining sense: a vein, lode, or streak of ore running through rock. Use it for mineral deposits, not for stripes of color.

Use 縞 for a streak meaning a stripe or bar of contrasting color, and 鉱脈 for a streak of ore, a vein or lode in rock; neither covers figurative streaks like a run of luck.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 縞しまstripe
• 鉱脈こうみゃくvein (of ore)
• 連チャンレンチャンrepeated events (e.g. meetings, drinking sessions)
• 筋状すじじょうstripe
• 条痕じょうこんlinear mark
• 続きつづきsuccession (of)
• 走るはしるto flash (of lightning)
• 筋すじline