Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Common noun
muscle; tendon; sinew
Common noun
vein; artery
Common noun
fiber; fibre; string
Common noun
line; stripe; streak
Common noun
reason; logic
Common noun
plot; storyline
Common noun
lineage; descent
Common noun
school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
Common noun
aptitude; talent
Common noun
source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
Common noun
well-informed person (in a transaction)
Common noun
logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
Common noun; Shogi
ninth vertical line
Common noun
seam on a helmet
Abbreviation; Common noun
gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
Archaic; Common noun
social position; status
Noun, used as a suffix; Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
on (a river, road, etc.); along
Suffix; Counter
counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
็ญ only; Suffix
street (in Osaka)
Archaic; Suffix; Counter
(Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
muscle
spine; line of the backbone
seam down the back (of clothing)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
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)
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Noun, used as a suffix
earnest; resolute; intent; devoted; single-minded
Archaic; Common noun
one bloodline; one clan
Archaic; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
ordinary; common
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
path; route; itinerary
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