筋 すじ スジ きん muscle; tendon; sinew n vein; artery n fiber; fibre; string n line; stripe; streak n reason; logic n plot; storyline n lineage; descent n school (e.g. of scholarship or arts) n aptitude; talent n source (of information, etc.); circle; channel n well-informed person (in a transaction) n logical move (in go, shogi, etc.) n ninth vertical line n shogi seam on a helmet n gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.) n abbr social position; status n arch on (a river, road, etc.); along n-suf n adj-no counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions suf ctr (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency) suf ctr arch muscle n Beginner II ➥
一筋 ひとすじ one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke) n a single bloodline n earnest; resolute; intent; devoted; single-minded adj-na n-suf ordinary; common adj-na arch Intermediate II ➥