せん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
3. ray (e.g. X-ray); beam
4. line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane
5. outline; contours; form
6. level
7. division
8. line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle
9. impression one leaves; air one gives off
Kanji used
line
Pitch accent
Top 2100
Used in vocabulary (422 in total)
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
(war) front
front line; forefront
circuit; line
straight line
horizon (related to land)
horizon (related to bodies of water)
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
to draw a line
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
incense stick
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
infrared rays; infrared radiation
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
traffic lane; road lane
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation
white line; linea alba (anot.)
firing line
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
wired; cabled; communication by wire
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
on the line; borderline
line of flow
disconnection; interruption; burn-out
crossed wires or lines (of communication); confusion
horizontal line
oblique line; forward slash
line drawing
defensive perimeter; defence line; defense line; precaution; safeguard; safety measure
heartstrings; koto string
(on the) right track
main line; trunk line
track number
outside telephone line; outer circle
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)
beauty of slender female legs
batting lineup (line-up)
vertical line; bar line (e.g. in music)
main line; trunk line
government railway line
sunlight; rays of the Sun
international air route
loop line; (transportation) belt line
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
the whole line; all lines; the whole ship
shaft line; axis
criminal investigation
flow line; streamline; lines representing the flow of a fluid
warning line; police cordon
centre line; center line; central line
overhead wires; elevated railway
branch line
dotted line; perforated line
single track (railway); single line; solid wire; solid-core wire; single-strand wire
copper line; copper wire
domestic air route; domestic airline (company)
rifling marks on a fired bullet
line segment
supply line; line of communications
ruled line; rule; chart; crease; score; border
line of force
outline; contour line; border line
overhead power line; aerial wiring; overhead line (for trains, trams, etc.); overheard wire
conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)
run (in a stocking)
points and lines
grid-line (e.g. in spreadsheet); enclosing line
platform no. 2; track 2
far-infrared rays; far-infrared radiation; FIR
exclusive line (communications); dedicated line
nasolabial fold; smile line; laugh line
wavy line
railroad operating over private tracks
underline; underscore
contour (line); isohypse
line; a streak
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
high-voltage wire
strong-nerved; decisive
broken line; dashed line
staff; stave
double track; two-track line
saturated linework; concentrated linework
arc (of a circle)
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)
line symmetry; reflection symmetry; axial symmetry
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
(weather-related) line of discontinuity
additional line
straight line
pregnancy stretch mark; striae gravidarum
both (railway) tracks; (both) up and down tracks (lines)
polyline; broken line; zigzag; polygonal line
scan line (e.g. TV)
resistance level (e.g. in share prices); resistance wire; line of resistance
up line; in-bound line
heating element; electrically-heated wire
line of magnetic force
down line; outbound line
sidetrack; siding; lateral line (of a fish)
loop line; circle line; circle route
platform no. 2; track 2
a sidetrack; a turnout
starting lines in the ring
perpendicular line; vertical line
(railway) siding; service line; service wire
to be on the right track; to go well
new railway line
impressive; tough
dividing line; parting line; separation line
nichrome wire
parallel railways
lead (electronics)
meridian; longitude
dose (of radioactivity)
spiral (railway); spiral loop; curved railway line used to ascend steep hills
heavy line (for emphasis); thick line; underline; border
white candlestick (in a candlestick chart); bullish candlestick
reference line; base line; baseline; datum line
front line of (trenches for) deployed soldiers
dividing line; intermediate line; intermediate rays
near infrared ray; near infrared radiation
electrical light wiring
catgut; sheepgut
line of demarcation
head line (in palm reading)
pilus; fimbria
red candlestick (in a candlestick chart); bearish candlestick
ground wire; earth wire; earthed line
stranded wire; strand wire; strand; stranded cable; stranded conductor; twisted wire
train line; bus line
line graph; line chart
line to fold along (e.g. origami, packaging); bend line
branch line; spur
underground wire or cable
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
overline; overscore; overbar
intelligence line (in palm reading)
Siegfried Line (German defensive line built before World War II)
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
moderate line; middle-of-the-road policy line
magnet wire; enameled wire
Mees' lines
Milan belt railway
base line
helix; spiral
shoreline; beach line
tropics (of Cancer and Capricorn); regression line
linear velocity
nasolabial fold; smile line; laugh line
nasolabial fold; smile line; laugh line
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
parallel railways
to be on the right track; to go well
private railway or bus line
wire rod; wire
branch line
gun rifling
harbor railroad; harbour railroad
to be on the right track; to go well
sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen
dividing line; demarcation line
normal vector
geodesic (line)
line concentrator; line multiplexer
linear script (e.g. Linear A, Linear B)
carriageway marking; lane marker; compartment line; division line
radiation; radiant rays
low-water mark; low-tide line; ebb-tide line
ruled line; rule; chart; crease; score; border
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
to be on the right track; to go well
stranded wire; strand wire; strand; stranded cable; stranded conductor; twisted wire
uninsulated electrical wire; open-wire line; bare wire; bare conductor
winding (coil, armature, etc.)
the Tropic of Capricorn
boundary; edge; break line
line integral; path integral; contour integral; curve integral
Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea
support line; support level; supporting wire; subsidiary wire
two-wire-system
twisted pair cable
line synchronization
isobar; isopiestic line
power line; high current electrical line
coordinate graphics; line graphics
speed lines; lines drawn to represent motion
sheathing wire
Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)
zip fastener; zipper
Schneeberg Railway (cog railway)
Central line (London Underground)
Piccadilly line
Circle line (London Underground)
Northern line
Bernina railway
Albula Railway
Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway
Schafberg Railway
Mariazell Railway
Casparian strip
Leopolda railway
Ligne de Cerdagne
Barrie line
Ligne de Sceaux
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
twisted pair cable
line element
coefficient of linear expansion
cross-cut; crossline; transversal; transverse line
uncompleted (railway) line
dark-line (spectrum)
line of contact; no man's land
planned (railway) line
alignment line
Distant Early Warning Line (US, Canada); DEW Line
weak electrical current line (e.g. intercom)
nine-dash line (demarcation line of China's territorial claims in the South China sea); nine-dotted line
striation; streak line
source of radiation; radiation source
Plimsoll line; load line; load waterline
high-water mark; high-water line; high-water shoreline
rice noodle soup (Yunnan cuisine); (lit.) crossing-the-bridge noodles
anode ray; positive ray; canal ray
isopleth; isogram; isoline; contour line; isarithm
wire diameter
Arctic Circle (latitude)
Tropic of Cancer
lines in operation
Antarctic Circle (latitude)
isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature
isogonic line; isogonal line
stretch mark (caused by obesity); stria
Examples (18 in total)
Draw a line with a ruler.
This line is parallel to that.
What number is the downtown train?