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。There isn't much logic in what you're saying. vein; artery
fiber; fibre; string
line; stripe; streak
reason; logic
see 筋が通る
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
Go (game)Shogisee 手筋
ninth vertical line
Shogi
seam on a helmet
gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
Abbreviationsee 筋蒲鉾
social position; status
Archaic
Noun, used as a suffix, Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
on (a river, road, etc.); along
Suffix, Counter
counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
Suffix
street (in Osaka)
Suffix, Counter
(Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
Archaic
Also written 条【すじ】