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JLPT N3 · Noun

筋 (suji)

筋 (すじ, suji) is a Japanese noun meaning “muscle; tendon”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
すじ
Romaji
suji
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. muscle; tendon; sinew · noun
  2. vein; artery · noun
  3. fiber; fibre; string · noun
  4. line; stripe; streak · noun
  5. reason; logic · noun

Example sentences

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.
Tatoeba #225936

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 筋

筋
muscle, sinew, tendonキン・すじ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 筋.

筋肉きんにくmuscle粗筋あらすじoutline大筋おおすじoutline一筋ひとすじone line

Source: JMdict entry 1241750 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.