せん
Meanings
Noun
1. 細長く連続するもの。すじ。
2. 幾何学で、点と点を結ぶ経路。
3. 輪郭線。
4. 導線。電線。電話線。
5. 光線。放射線。
6. 道路。鉄道やバスなどの路線。
7. 方針。道筋。
8. 種類。タイプ。
9. 可能性。公算。
10. 対象となるかならないかの境目。区切り。
11. 水準。質。
12. 体型や言動から受ける印象。
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (405 in total)
① ある瞬間における流れの方向と一致するような曲線。
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
① 無限に真っ直ぐ伸びた線。
line to fold along (e.g. origami, packaging); bend line
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
① 一定の間隔で点をつらねて線状にしたもの。
traffic lane; road lane
① X線よりも波長が長く、可視光線よりも波長が短い電磁波。目には見えない。日焼けの原因となる。DNAを損傷する作用があり、殺菌灯に用いられる。
① 電線を使う通信方式。② 「有線放送」の略。③ 「有線電信」の略。④ 「有線電話」の略。
① 鉄道・道路・電話などで主要な地点を結ぶ重要な線。
rifling marks on a fired bullet
incense stick
infrared rays; infrared radiation
line drawing
batting lineup (line-up)
horizon (related to land)
① 白い線。② 鉄道の駅のプラットフォームにあり、乗客の安全のため、列車への乗降時以外はそれより外に出ないように目安として引いた線。
(on the) right track
① 加入電話などの通話回線で信号が干渉して漏話し、よその会話が聞こえたり、こちらの話が漏れたりすること。クロストーク。
front line; forefront
① 国境や行政区域、土地などの境界を定めた線。
① 海と空との境界がなす線。② 重力と垂直な方向に伸びる線。水平な線。
world line
to draw a line
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
disconnection; interruption; burn-out
main line; trunk line
① 宇宙空間を飛び交う高エネルギーの放射線。
① 電線や電話線などの線をかけわたすこと。また、そのような線。
wavy line
downward curve
blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
① 磁場中の各点での接線の方向が磁場の方向と一致するように描いた曲線。
front line of (trenches for) deployed soldiers
sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen
the Tropic of Capricorn
① 目の方向。② あるものをじっと見ること。
① 目の方向。視線。② 観点。特に、主体が一般人や大衆的な者、相対的な弱者である場合に用いる。
① 敵陣に最も近く、直接交戦する所。② 異なる気団の境界面が地表と交わる線。
straight line
① 電気製品において、(従来は互いに配線をしていた仕組みが)配線をせずに電力や信号が届くようになっている仕組み。電波、光などが用いられる。ワイヤレス。② 無線通信の短縮語。③ アマチュア無線の短縮語。
① 戦闘の最前線。② 政治運動や社会運動における闘争の場。
circuit; line
① 曲がった線。
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
(measuring) ruler
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
① 山の頂と頂とを結んで続く線。
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
firing line
① 内線電話の略。
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
supply line
① 多角形の、隣り合わない二つの頂点を結んだ直線。
horizontal line
steel wire
on the line; borderline
telephone line
line of flow
① 斜めに引かれた線。
the whole line; all lines; the whole ship
defensive perimeter; defence line; defense line; precaution; safeguard; safety measure
track number
① 外側の線。② 屋外の電線。③ 外部に通じる電話線。④ 外線電話の略。内線電話に相対して用いられる場合が多い。
red line; red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps); non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
① 送電のための電線。
① 琴の糸。② 人の心の奥。
beauty of slender female legs
piano wire
vertical line
government railway line
sunlight; rays of the Sun
international air route
loop line; (transportation) belt line
① 対向車が走る車線。
shaft line; axis
criminal investigation
warning line; police cordon
overhead wires; elevated railway
centre line; center line; central line
branch line
single track (railway); single line; solid wire; solid-core wire; single-strand wire
copper line; copper wire
domestic air route; domestic airline (company)
① 直線の、ある二つの点で限られた部分。
ruled line; rule; chart; crease; score; border
supply line; line of communications
gamma rays
line of force
platform no. 2; track 2
outline; contour line; border line
waterline (ship)
① 及びその後継会社のグループ、によって運航されている新幹線以外の鉄道路線。
① 糸のほつれが縦方向に線状に広がること。
points and lines
nasolabial fold; smile line; laugh line
grid-line (e.g. in spreadsheet); enclosing line
connecting line
wavy line
exclusive line (communications); dedicated line
far-infrared rays; far-infrared radiation; FIR
railroad operating over private tracks
① 文字の下に水平方向に引いた線。
contour (line); isohypse
high-voltage wire
strong-nerved; decisive
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
broken line; dashed line
line; a streak
① 本線から分岐して特定の場所へ引き込まれた線路。② 幹線の送電線から家庭などへ引き込んだ電線。
① 複数の平行している線。対義語は単線。② [比喩] (語釈1に譬えて)併存する複数の道筋。対義語は単線。③ [鉄道(広義)] 複線軌道(上り・下りの線路が並行して敷設されている軌道)が敷設されていること。また、その軌道。対義語は、鉄道における単線(単線軌道)。④ [鉄道(狭義)] 語釈3のうち、上りと下りの2本で構成される複線軌道のみを指す。複々線・三複線・四複線などの他の複線軌道と区別される。対義語は、鉄道における単線(単線軌道)。
arc (of a circle)
saturated linework; concentrated linework
International Date Line
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
(weather-related) line of discontinuity
line symmetry; reflection symmetry; axial symmetry
straight line
additional line
pregnancy stretch mark; striae gravidarum
both (railway) tracks; (both) up and down tracks (lines)
scan line (e.g. TV)
resistance level (e.g. in share prices); resistance wire; line of resistance
staff; stave
a sidetrack; a turnout
up line; in-bound line
heating element; electrically-heated wire
sidetrack; siding; lateral line (of a fish)
down line; outbound line
loop line; circle line; circle route
high-voltage line
track no. 1
① 太陽や他の恒星から放たれる光の連続スペクトルの中に現れる暗線。恒星外層や大気中の原子や分子により特定の波長の光線が吸収されて現れるもので、ある恒星と太陽系との相対速度を求めるために着目されることがある。
polyline; broken line; zigzag; polygonal line
thin line
thin line
moving average (line)
perpendicular line; vertical line
starting lines in the ring
impressive; tough
new railway line
to be on the right track; to go well
third-base line
parallel railways
nichrome wire
dividing line; parting line; separation line
asymptotic line
lead (electronics)
meridian; longitude
electron beam
particle beam
to be on the right track; to go well
dose (of radioactivity)
spiral (railway); spiral loop; curved railway line used to ascend steep hills
stop line
heavy line (for emphasis); thick line; underline; border
reference line; base line; baseline; datum line
white candlestick (in a candlestick chart); bullish candlestick
first-base line
scouting line
catgut; sheepgut
dividing line; intermediate line; intermediate rays
electrical light wiring
near infrared ray; near infrared radiation
line of demarcation
pilus; fimbria
head line (in palm reading)
red candlestick (in a candlestick chart); bearish candlestick
parallel
① 天気図で、気圧の等しい地点を通常4ヘクトパスカルごとに結んだ曲線。
waterline
ground wire; earth wire; earthed line
train line; bus line
stranded wire; strand wire; strand; stranded cable; stranded conductor; twisted wire
Spectral line
branch line; spur
underground wire or cable
territorial limits
overline; overscore; overbar
① 重力と平行な方向に伸びる線。鉛直の線。
tectonic line
Siegfried Line (German defensive line built before World War II)
intelligence line (in palm reading)
shoreline; beach line
a firebreak
① 三角測量などで基準となる直線。② 領海、接続水域、排他的経済水域、大陸棚の幅を測定する際の基準となる線。③ 界線。
high-water mark
magnet wire; enameled wire
wiring
moderate line; middle-of-the-road policy line
helix; spiral
Mees' lines
Milan belt railway
tropics (of Cancer and Capricorn); regression line
linear velocity
① 線分・角度等を二等分する直線。
proton beam
private railway or bus line
harbor railroad; harbour railroad
uninsulated electrical wire; open-wire line; bare wire; bare conductor
gun rifling
branch line
wire rod; wire
line graph; line chart
normal vector
geodesic (line)
radiation; radiant rays
poverty line
winding (coil, armature, etc.)
hidden line
line concentrator; line multiplexer
line spacing
low-water mark; low-tide line; ebb-tide line
line drawing
linear script (e.g. Linear A, Linear B)
① 作用点を通り、力の方向に引いた直線。
dividing line; demarcation line
carriageway marking; lane marker; compartment line; division line
Curzon Line
speed lines; lines drawn to represent motion
actinic rays
Tropic of Cancer
fire support coordination line
line of departure
line of contact; no man's land
two-wire-system
barbed wire
① 光の連続スペクトルの中に現れる暗い線。
insulated wire
lines in operation
anode ray; positive ray; canal ray
reflection coefficient chart
sheathing wire
production line
wire diameter
power line; high current electrical line
weak electrical current line (e.g. intercom)
boundary; edge; break line
line spectrum
Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)
twisted pair cable
developmental baseline
common channel
reference line
linetype
coordinate graphics; line graphics
delay line
toll switch; TS; trunk exchange
reflectance normal
alignment line
source of radiation; radiation source
Arctic Circle (latitude)
Antarctic Circle (latitude)
isopleth; isogram; isoline; contour line; isarithm
striation; streak line
line integral; path integral; contour integral; curve integral
high-water mark; high-water line; high-water shoreline
Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea
isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature
line element
line synchronization
isogonic line; isogonal line
stretch mark (caused by obesity); stria
absorption line
isobar; isopiestic line
zip fastener; zipper
cross-cut; crossline; transversal; transverse line
canal ray
Distant Early Warning Line (US, Canada); DEW Line
Plimsoll line; load line; load waterline
molecular beam
atomic beam
rice noodle soup (Yunnan cuisine); (lit.) crossing-the-bridge noodles
nine-dash line (demarcation line of China's territorial claims in the South China sea); nine-dotted line
uncompleted (railway) line
planned (railway) line
asymmetric digital subscriber line; ADSL
coefficient of linear expansion
linear expansion
support line; support level; supporting wire; subsidiary wire
Metropolitan line
Maskoŭskaja Line
Tauern Railway
Schneeberg Railway (cog railway)
Central line (London Underground)
Piccadilly line
Circle line (London Underground)
Wallace Line
Northern line
Bernina railway
Koralm Railway
Flåm Line
Wye (rail)
Arlberg railway
Albula Railway
Circumflegrea railway
Bergen Line
Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway
Schafberg Railway
Mariazell Railway
Casparian strip
Leopolda railway
Tsuen Wan Line
Oʻzbekiston Line
Ligne de Cerdagne
Skåne Line
Barrie line
Kitchener line
Milton line
Stouffville line
Ligne de Sceaux
Kŭmgol Line
Gold Coast railway line
Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line)
Ipswich and Rosewood railway line
Manassas Line
North Coast railway line, New South Wales
Southern Line
Main Line railway, Queensland
Maeklong Railway
Examples (18 in total)
Draw a line with a ruler.
This line is parallel to that.
What number is the downtown train?