1. Noun

   muscle; tendon; sinew

   きみが言っていることは筋があまりよく通っていない。

2. vein; artery

3. fiber; fibre; string

4. line; stripe; streak

5. reason; logic

   see 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. effective move; logical move; suji; tesuji

    Go (game)Shogisee 手筋

13. ninth vertical line

    Shogi

14. seam on a helmet

15. gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)

    Abbreviationsee 筋蒲鉾

16. social position; status

    Archaic

17. Noun, used as a suffix, Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    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

    (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)

    Archaic

Also written 条【すじ】suji