Nounmuscle; tendon; sinew · vein; artery · fiber; fibre; string

Nounspring (device) · spring (in one's legs); bounce · springboard; impetus

Nounone line; one streak; one stripe; one ray (of light); one wisp (of smoke) · one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one passage (in a book) · one matter (affair, event, case, incident)

Nouncreed; belief; conviction; article of faith

Adverb (fukushi)as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough

Noun, Counterarticle (in a document); clause; section; provision · counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc. · although; though

Nounpassage; paragraph

Nounwhat article (of a legal document, etc.); what clause; what section · which street · how can (one possibly do ...); cannot possibly ...; there is no way ...

Nounitem; article; clause; section; point

Nountenet; dogma

Nouncable; rope

Nounthe next article; the next entry

Nounvein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)

Nounpreceding article; preceding entry

Nounsomething unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation

Nounpoint by point; article by article

Nounrail (of a railroad)

Nounline; a streak

Noun, Suru verbrifling a gun barrel; making lines

Taru adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particledreary; bleak; lonely; lonesome; desolate

Nounfilament

Nounvariegated streaks

Nounwillow twig

Noun(gun barrel) rifling

Nounfin ray

Nounsoft ray (of a fin)

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'spiny ray (of a fin)

Nounstriation; ray system

Nouneach clause; each article; each item

Nounlayering (e.g. in gardening)

Nounshoot

Nounbranch (of a tree)

Nounyoutiao; deep-fried dough; Chinese cruller; Chinese fried churro

Nounspring (device)

Nounone's say; one's point; one's case; one's claim · plaint (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); written petition

Nouncog rail

Nounheavy rail

Nounfirst article

Nounone's say; one's point · although; though

Nounbalance spring; hairspring

Nounleaf spring; plate spring

Noungolden rule (basic principle ensuring success in some activity)

NounApostles' Creed

Nounarticles of faith

Nounone's thought and beliefs

Taru adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particleall nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see

Nounone's philosophy of life

Nounair suspension; air spring

Nouncoiled spring; coil spring; helical spring