筋
すじ
Also written スジ, 条
Meanings
- Noun muscle; tendon; sinew
- vein; artery
- fiber; fibre; string
- line; stripe; streak
- reason; logic See also: 筋が通る (すじがとおる).
- plot; storyline
- lineage; descent
- school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
- aptitude; talent
- source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
- well-informed person (in a transaction)
- effective move; logical move; suji; tesuji See also: 手筋 (てすじ).
- ninth vertical line
- seam on a helmet
- gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.) See also: 筋蒲鉾 (すじかまぼこ).
- social position; status
- Noun suffix, Noun, の-adjective on (a river, road, etc.); along
- Suffix, Counter counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
- Suffix street (in Osaka)
- Suffix, Counter (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
Kanji
- 筋 muscle. Read as すじ.
Example sentences
- 君の説明はもっともらしいが、筋がちっとも通ってない。
Your explanation sounds plausible, but it just doesn't hold water. - 言ってることの筋が通らないぞ。
What you are saying does not make sense. - 君のいっていることは筋が通らない。
What you are saying does not make sense. - 君の計画が筋の通ったものであることは認めるけれど、それを実行するのはやはりとても難しいと思うよ。
Admittedly your plan makes sense, but I still think it will be very hard to carry out. - 君のアイディアは新しいとは言えない。私は去年、それを別の筋から聞いた。
Your idea cannot be brand new. I heard about it from another source last year.
Common phrases
- 筋がある
- 筋が入る
- 白い筋
- 黒い筋
- 筋を通す (すじをとおす) to proceed in a logical manner
- 筋が通う
- 筋が通る (すじがとおる) to make sense
- 筋をつける
- 筋が見える
- 細い筋
- 太い筋
- 筋に入る
Words containing 筋
And 95 more.