THE WORD · N3
筋
muscle ; twine
Noun · Counter · Suffix
その小説の筋はわからない。
I don't understand the plot of this novel.
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Parts of speech
Noun · Noun used as a suffix · Name that can change a name with の · Suffix · Counter
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
English dictionary meanings
- muscle
- tendon
- sinew
- vein
- artery
- fiber
- fibre
- string
- line
- stripe
- streak
- reason
- logic
- plot
- storyline
- lineage
- descent
- school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
- aptitude
- talent
- source (of information, etc.)
- circle
- channel
- well-informed person (in a transaction)
- effective move
- logical move
- suji
- tesuji
- ninth vertical line
- seam on a helmet
- gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
- social position
- status
- on (a river, road, etc.)
- along
- counter for long thin things
- counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
- street (in Osaka)
- (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)