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条
7 strokes
Frequency: 363
JLPT N2
Grade 5

Meanings

article
clause
counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc.
twig
item
stripe
streak

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ゞョり
チョり
デキ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
えだ
すじ

Common Words

じょうけん
Noun
Freq #1182
1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

Examples
そちらの条件を受け入れたしょう。
We will accept your conditions.
条
すじ
スゞ
Freq #2726
1

Common noun

muscle; tendon; sinew

2

Common noun

vein; artery

3

Common noun

fiber; fibre; string

4

Common noun

line; stripe; streak

5

Common noun

reason; logic

Examples
きみが蚀っおいるこずは筋があたりよく通っおいない。
There isn't much logic in what you're saying.
6

Common noun

plot; storyline

Examples
その小説の筋はわからない。
I don't understand this novel's plot.
7

Common noun

lineage; descent

8

Common noun

school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)

9

Common noun

aptitude; talent

10

Common noun

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

Examples
私は去幎、それを別の筋から聞いた。
I heard about it from another source last year.
11

Common noun

well-informed person (in a transaction)

12

Common noun

logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)

13

Common noun; Shogi

ninth vertical line

14

Common noun

seam on a helmet

15

Abbreviation; Common noun

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

16

Archaic; Common noun

social position; status

17

Noun, used as a suffix; Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

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

18

Suffix; Counter

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

19

筋 only; Suffix

street (in Osaka)

20

Archaic; Suffix; Counter

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

あんのじょう
Adverb
Freq #5104
1

Usu. in ref. to an undesirable outcome

as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough

Examples
案の定、圌は疑念を抱いおいた。
Sure enough, he entertained doubts.
䞀条
ひず筋
䞀すじ
ひず条
ひずすじ
Freq #5925
1

Common noun

one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); one strand (e.g. of hair); one beam (e.g. of light); one ray; one length (e.g. of rope)

Examples
涙が䞀筋頬を流れた。
A tear ran down her cheek.
2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Noun, used as a suffix

earnest; resolute; intent; devoted; single-minded

3

Archaic; Common noun

one bloodline; one clan

4

Archaic; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

ordinary; common

むじょうけん
Noun
の Adj.
Freq #8035
1

unconditional

Examples
無条件にあなたはそのスむッチに觊らなければならない。
On no account must you touch that switch.
じょう
Freq #10069
1

Common noun; Counter

article (in a document); clause; section; provision

Examples
非暎力ずいうのは私の信仰の第条だ。
Non-violence is the first article of my faith.
2

Counter

counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.

3

Conjunction; As ずは蚀い条

although; though

4

Conjunction; Used in letters

since; as; because; inasmuch as

5

Historical term; Common noun

jō; north-south division of an imperial city consisting of west-east streets and their corresponding wards (in the jō-bō system)

いちじょう
Noun
Freq #13631
1

one line; one streak; one stripe; one ray (of light); one wisp (of smoke)

Examples
スプリンクラヌが芝生の䞀条の氎を噎出しおいる。
The sprinkler is shooting out a stream of water onto the grass.
2

one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one passage (in a book)

3

one matter (affair, event, case, incident)

ふじょうり
Noun
Freq #15576
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

absurd; irrational; unreasonable; illogical

2

Philosophy

absurdity

じょうやく
Noun
Freq #16421
1

treaty; pact; convention; agreement

Examples
諞囜は新たな安党保障条玄を怜蚎䞭です。
The EC countries are working out a new security pact.
しんじょう
Noun
Freq #16727
1

creed; belief; conviction; article of faith

Examples
銭たりずもむだにしないのが圌の信条だ。
He makes a religion of never wasting a penny.
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