筋道 – Vocabulary details

筋すじ道みち

Noun

1. reason; logic

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

muscle

roadway

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じみち

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

straight road

branch roads; crossroads

私わたしは君きみの議ぎ論ろんの筋すじ道みちを追おっていけない。

I can't follow the course of your argument.

彼かれの話はなしの筋すじ道みちがわからなくなってしまったようだ。

He seems to have lost the thread of the story.

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