筋
Meanings
Noun
1. muscle; tendon; sinew
2. vein; artery
3. fiber; fibre; string
4. line; stripe; streak
5. reason; logic
6. plot; storyline
7. lineage; descent
8. school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
9. aptitude; talent
10. source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
11. well-informed person (in a transaction)
12. effective move; logical move; suji; tesuji
13. ninth vertical line
14. seam on a helmet
15. gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.) (Abbreviation)
Suffix
Noun
No-adjective
17. on (a river, road, etc.); along
Suffix
Counter
18. counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
Suffix
19. street (in Osaka)
Other spellings
条
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
すじ
Used in vocabulary
筋違い
cramp; sprain; crick; strain (muscle); unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable; misdirected; misplaced; …
Noun
Examples8
その
I don't understand this novel's plot.
私
I heard about it from another source last year.
きみ
There isn't much logic in what you're saying.
物語
The action of the story takes place on an island.
私
I got the news from a reliable source.
君の
Your idea cannot be brand new. I heard about it from another source last year.