ラインrain

1. nounline
   相手あいてチームはラインを越こえさせまいとしたのです。↗

   The other team tried to keep them from crossing the line.

• Synonym線せんNeutralThe most general word for a line or stripe, also wires and rays of light; 「ライン」 is a loanword used mainly for boundary lines, standard lines and product lines.
• SynonymコースNeutralA loanword for a set course, track, swimming lane or program of study; 「ライン」 is the line or boundary itself, like the white line on a track.
• Synonym回線かいせんNeutralA telephone or internet connection line, as in 「回線が混む」; 「ライン」 is broader, also covering boundaries and production lines.
• Synonym行列ぎょうれつNeutralA queue of people waiting, a parade, or a mathematical matrix; for a long queue say 「行列」, not 「ライン」.
• Synonym進路しんろNeutralOne's direction of travel, also one's course after graduation into school or work; 「ライン」 focuses on lines and boundaries, with no sense of one's future path.
• Synonym並びならびNeutralA row of things lined up, also the neighboring spots on one side of a street, as in 「店の並び」; 「ライン」 focuses on lines and boundaries.
• Synonym列れつNeutralA line or queue of people or things, as in 「列に並ぶ」; for queuing use 「列」 — 「ライン」 focuses on lines and boundaries.
• Synonym路線ろせんNeutralA bus, rail or other transport route, figuratively a policy line as in 「路線変更」; 「ライン」 is broader, also covering boundaries.
• Related経路けいろNeutralA route, path or the course something passes through, as in 「感染経路」; 「ライン」 focuses on lines and boundaries, not the process of passing through.
• RelatedルートNeutralA loanword for a route or channel, as in 「販売ルート」; close to 「ライン」 in the route sense, but 「ライン」 leans more toward lines and boundaries.
• Related通り道とおりみちNeutralA road or passage one regularly passes through, as in 「通り道にある店」; 「ライン」 can name a route or highway but is not used for an everyday path.
• Related小道こみちNeutralA narrow path or lane; far removed in meaning from 「ライン」, and the two are generally not interchangeable.
• Related筋すじNeutralMuscles, tendons and streaks, also logic and plot; 「ライン」 stresses lines and boundaries, while 「筋」 is for long thin things or reasoning.
• Related軌道きどうNeutralOrbits of celestial bodies and rail tracks, figuratively the right track as in 「軌道に乗る」; 「ライン」 focuses on lines and boundaries.
• Related道筋みちすじNeutralThe way a road runs, also the order of reasoning or how events unfold; 「ライン」 focuses on lines and boundaries and does not express logical order.
• Related通路つうろNeutralA passage or aisle for people to walk through, as in 「通路を空ける」; 「ライン」 centers on lines, boundaries and product lines.
• Related線引きせんびきNeutralThe act of drawing a line or demarcating, e.g. separating what is acceptable from what is not; 「ライン」 refers to the line itself, as in 「合格ライン」.
• Related行路こうろWrittenWritten/formal prose for traveling a road, a journey, or the road itself, also one's path in life; 「ライン」 as a route usually names a line, not a journey.
• Related通い路かよいじWrittenA rare, literary word for the road one travels back and forth regularly; 「ライン」 centers on lines and boundaries, so the two are seldom interchangeable.

Use 「ライン」 for lines, boundary lines, production lines and product lines, as in 「合格ライン」. For a general line use 「線」, for transport routes 「路線」, for communication lines 「回線」, and for queues 「列」.

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

1. 線せん、筋すじ。
2. 行こう、列れつ。
3. 航路こうろ、空路くうろ。
4. 区画くかく線せん、境界線きょうかいせん。
5. 競技きょうぎに必要ひつような線せん、走路そうろ線せん等とう。
6. ヤードポンド法ほうの長ながさの補助ほじょ単位たんい、12分ぶんの１インチ。
7. 製造せいぞう・販売はんばいなどの実務じつむに関かんする部門ぶもん。
8. 命令めいれい系統けいとうで貫つらぬかれている組織そしき、系列けいれつ。
9. 会社かいしゃなどで出世しゅっせコースとみなされている人事じんじ・職階しょっかい上じょうの系列けいれつ。
10. 生産せいさん工程こうてい路線ろせん、ベルトコンベヤー方式ほうしきなどの流れ作業ながれさぎょうによる生産せいさん・組立くみたて。
11. (釣つり)道糸みちいと。