筋

Manga slang; Rare term

anger veins (stylised X mark typically shown on forehead)

Rare term

erector pili (muscle fiber attached to a hair follicle); erectores pilorum

Obsolete term

gastrocnemius muscle

Rare term

muscular toothache

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

筋 only; Suffix

street (in Osaka)

Archaic; Suffix; Counter

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

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