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筋 すじ N3

  1. muscle; sinew; tendon
  2. artery; vein
  3. fiber; fibre; string
  4. line; streak; stripe
  5. logic; reason
  6. plot; storyline
  7. descent; lineage
  8. school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
  9. aptitude; talent
  10. channel; circle; source (of information, etc.)
  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.)
  16. social position; status
  17. along; on (a river, road, etc.)
  18. counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
  19. street (in Osaka)
  20. (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)

筋 きん

  1. muscle

筋肉 きんにく N3

  1. muscle

筋力 きんりょく

  1. muscle strength; physical strength

筋書き すじがき

  1. outline; plot; synopsis

筋道 すじみち

  1. logic; reason
  2. method; order; system; thread (e.g. of an argument)

筋違い すじちがい

  1. cramp; crick; sprain; strain (muscle)
  2. absurdity; unreasonableness
  3. illogical; unreasonable
  4. misdirected; misplaced; wrong (of estimate, guess)

筋がいい すじがいい

  1. having a talent (for); having an aptitude (for)

筋が立つ すじがたつ

  1. to be consistent; to make sense

筋が通る すじがとおる

  1. to be coherent; to be consistent; to be logical; to make sense; to stand to reason
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