筋すじ
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.)
16. social position; status
Adjective (の)
Noun
Suffix
17. on (a river, road, etc.); along
Counter
Suffix
18. counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
Suffix
19. street (in Osaka)
Archaic
Counter
Suffix
20. (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
Kanji used
muscle
Pitch accent
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じ
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Used in vocabulary (98 in total)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
Examples (4 in total)
I heard this from a safe source.
I don't understand this novel's plot.
The action of the story takes place on an island.