筋

すじ

• Noun

  common noun
  1. muscle; tendon; sinew.
  2. vein; artery.
  3. fiber; fibre; string.
  4. line; stripe; streak.
  5. reason; logic.

     See also 筋が通る .

  6. plot; storyline.
  7. lineage; descent.
  8. school (e.g. of scholarship or arts).
  9. aptitude; talent.
  10. source (of information, etc.); circle; channel.
  11. well-informed person (in a transaction).
  12. logical move (in go, shogi, etc.).
  13. ninth vertical line (shogi).
  14. seam on a helmet.
  15. gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.).

      abbreviation

      See also 筋蒲鉾 .

  16. social position; status.

      archaism

• Adjective / Noun / Suffix noun

  common noun, no-adjective
  1. on (a river, road, etc.); along.

• Counter / Suffix
  1. counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions.
  2. (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency).

     archaism