筋 suji
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
きみが言 っていることは筋 があまりよく通 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 の筋 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
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
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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Example Sentences
きみが言 っていることは筋 があまりよく通 っていない。
kimiga itte iru kotowa sujiga amari yoku kayotte inai.
There isn't much logic in what you're saying.
その小説 の筋 はわからない。
sono shōsetsuno sujiwa wakaranai.
I don't understand this novel's plot.
watashiwa kyonenso reo betsuno sujikara kiita
I heard about it from another source last year.
No variants available for this word.