すじ
suji

Noun

1. muscle; tendon; sinew

Noun

2. vein; artery

Noun

3. fiber; fibre; string

Noun

4. line; stripe; streak

Noun

5. reason; logic

Related to 筋が通る
きみが っていることは すじがあまりよく かよっていない。
kimiga itte iru kotowa sujiga amari yoku kayotte inai.
There isn't much logic in what you're saying.
Noun

6. plot; storyline

その小説 しょうせつ すじはわからない。
sono shōsetsuno sujiwa wakaranai.
I don't understand this novel's plot.
Noun

7. lineage; descent

Noun

8. school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)

Noun

9. aptitude; talent

Noun

10. source (of information, etc.); circle; channel

わたくし去年 きょねん、それを べつ すじから いた。
watashiwa kyonenso reo betsuno sujikara kiita
I heard about it from another source last year.
Noun

11. well-informed person (in a transaction)

Noun

12. logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)

Noun

13. ninth vertical line

Shogi
Noun

14. seam on a helmet

Noun

15. gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)

Abbreviation
Related to 筋蒲鉾
Noun

16. social position; status

Archaic
Noun
Suffix
no-Adjective

17. on (a river, road, etc.); along

Suffix
Counter

18. counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions

Suffix

19. street (in Osaka)

Suffix
Counter

20. (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)

Archaic
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