スジ
Meanings
Noun
1. muscle; tendon; sinew
2. vein; artery
3. fiber; fibre; string
4. line; stripe; streak
5. reason; logic
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. logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
13. ninth vertical line
14. seam on a helmet
15. gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
16. social position; status
Adjective (の)
Noun
Suffix
17. on (a river, road, etc.); along
Counter
Suffix
18. counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
19. (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
Pitch accent
Top 29900
Used in vocabulary (74 in total)
urasuji; side fork; frenulum; frenulum of prepuce of penis
beef sinew; beef tendon
salted salmon roe
urasuji; side fork; frenulum; frenulum of prepuce of penis
misuji (cut of beef, usu. from the chuck); shamisen; samisen
sabre-toothed blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus)
reason; right
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
reason; logic; method; system; order
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
vein (esp. in head)
beef sinew; beef tendon
lake prawn (Palaemon paucidens)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
path; route; itinerary
sit-up; abdominal muscles; abs
urasuji; side fork; frenulum; frenulum of prepuce of penis
bridge of nose
outline; summary; argument
swordsmanship
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
main thread (of a story)
that field; the authorities (esp. the police)
outline; summary; gist; basic points
highway route (Edo period); main route
lineage; pedigree; family line
people close to the head man
people close to the head man
lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method
course of a river; land along a river
plot (of a story)
fold; crease; lineage; pedigree; reason; logic
unreasonable idea; illogical plan; illogical move (in shogi or go)
hair; hairline; minor details; comb lines in hair; comb tracks
beef sinew; beef tendon
clientele
course of a thrown ball; course of a hit ball (golf, tennis, etc.)
government sources; official quarters
channel (of a stream, valley, etc.)
diagonally opposite
diagonally opposite
speculator
striped pattern (textiles, pottery)
relevant source; well-informed source; interested parties
gold stripes
sinewy meat
poorly selling line (of products); unprofitable line
ridge line; ridge trail
transversal; lateral stripes
stripe; streak; striation
informed circles
route beside a mountain stream
red-light district; pleasure quarters; love affair; romance
professionals
influential quarters
large-scale operators; big traders
plot of a play
reliable source
striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
spotstripe snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus ophuysenii)
camel toe (i.e. female genitals visible through tight clothing)
Euhadra peliomphala (species of land snail)
business connections
customers; clients
authoritative sources
gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
bearish traders; bear interests; short side
bullish traders; bull interests; long side
lineage; pedigree; ancestry
Examples (4 in total)
I heard this from a safe source.
I don't understand this novel's plot.
The action of the story takes place on an island.