muscle, sinew, tendon, fiber, plot, plan, descent

12 strokesFrequency 744JLPT N1Grade 6

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Common Words

スジ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
きみが言っていることはがあまりよく通っていない。
There isn't much logic in what you're saying.
6

Common noun

plot; storyline

Examples
その小説のはわからない。
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
私は去年、それを別のから聞いた。
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)

筋肉んにくNounFreq #3312
1

muscle

Examples
水泳は筋肉を発達させる。
Swimming develops our muscles.
背筋背すじすじNounFreq #3462
1

spine; line of the backbone

Examples
それを見てうれしくて背筋がぞくぞくした。
The sight sent chills of delight up my spine.
2

seam down the back (of clothing)

首筋首すじびすじ頸筋頚筋NounFreq #3943
1

nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

Examples
彼の首筋を血がすっと伝った。
A trickle of blood ran down his neck.
一筋一条ひと筋一すじひと条すじ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
涙が一筋頬を流れた。
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

背筋を伸ばすせすじをのばすExpressionGodan verbFreq #8839
1

to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

Examples
背筋を伸ばして歩きなさい。
Carry your head high.
血筋血すじすじNounFreq #9527
1

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

Examples
血筋は争えない。
Blood is thicker than water.
筋合筋合いじあいNounFreq #10732
1

reason; right

筋力んりょくNounFreq #10771
1

physical strength; muscle strength

道筋ちすじNounFreq #12338
1

path; route; itinerary

Examples
鉄道の道筋を決めるのは一体何だろうか。
What is it that determines the route a railway takes?

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