筋・条|すじsuji[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common

Which spelling to use

筋筋 is the more common written form and the recommended default for beginners when writing this entry.

条条 is a less common written variant of 筋; beginners should generally choose 筋 instead when they need this word.

Definitions

nounmuscle; tendon; sinew
nounvein; artery
nounfiber; fibre; string
nounline; stripe; streak
nounreason; logic
きみが言いっていることは筋すじがあまりよく通かよっていない。↗
There isn't much logic in what you're saying.
nounplot; storyline
その小説しょうせつの筋すじはわからない。↗
I don't understand this novel's plot.
nounlineage; descent
nounschool (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
nounaptitude; talent
nounsource (of information, etc.); circle; channel
私は去年きょねん、それを別べつの筋すじから聞きいた。↗
I heard about it from another source last year.
nounwell-informed person (in a transaction)
nounlogical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
noun, shogininth vertical line
nounseam on a helmet
noungristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
nounsocial position; status
noun (suffix), no-adjectiveon (a river, road, etc.); along
suffix, countercounter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
suffixstreet (in Osaka)
suffix, counter(Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)

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