筋

すじ

muscle

N3 #188

Meanings

also 条

  1. noun muscle; tendon; sinew
  2. vein; artery
  3. fiber; fibre; string
  4. line; stripe; streak
  5. reason; logic
  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. go (game), shogi effective move; logical move; suji; tesuji
  13. shogi ninth vertical line
  14. seam on a helmet
  15. abbreviation gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
  16. archaic social position; status
  17. suffix, noun, takes の on (a river, road, etc.); along
  18. suffix, counter counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
  19. suffix street (in Osaka)
  20. suffix, counter, archaic (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)

きん

  1. noun muscle

Its kanji

In sentences

その小説しょうせつの筋すじはわからない。 I don't understand this novel's plot. #209272

本人ほんにんが謝あやまるのが筋すじだろうに。 The person in question should probably apologise. #11029896

メアリは彼女かのじょ側そばの筋すじを述のべた。 Mary told her side of the story. #7704546