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Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
3. ray (e.g. X-ray); beam
4. line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane
5. outline; contours; form
6. level
7. division
8. line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle
9. impression one leaves; air one gives off
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (318 in total)
line drawing
main line; trunk line
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
circuit; line
a sidetrack; a turnout
wired; cabled; communication by wire
(on the) right track
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
front line; forefront
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
world line
ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation
white line; linea alba (anot.)
loop line; (transportation) belt line
waterline (ship)
grid-line (e.g. in spreadsheet); enclosing line
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
(weather-related) line of discontinuity
winding (coil, armature, etc.)
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
straight line
(war) front
straight line
boundary line
horizon (related to land)
horizon (related to bodies of water)
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
incense stick
(measuring) ruler
(measuring) ruler
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
infrared rays; infrared radiation
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
traffic lane; road lane
firing line
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
supply line
diagonal (line)
horizontal line
steel wire
on the line; borderline
telephone line
line of flow
disconnection; interruption; burn-out
crossed wires or lines (of communication); confusion
oblique line; forward slash
the whole line; all lines; the whole ship
main line; trunk line
defensive perimeter; defence line; defense line; precaution; safeguard; safety measure
track number
outside telephone line; outer circle
red line; red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps); non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
heartstrings; koto string
beauty of slender female legs
batting lineup (line-up)
piano wire
vertical line
government railway line
sunlight; rays of the Sun
international air route
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
shaft line; axis
criminal investigation
flow line; streamline; lines representing the flow of a fluid
warning line; police cordon
overhead wires; elevated railway
centre line; center line; central line
rifling marks on a fired bullet
branch line
dotted line; perforated line
single track (railway); single line; solid wire; solid-core wire; single-strand wire
copper line; copper wire
domestic air route; domestic airline (company)
line segment
ruled line; rule; chart; crease; score; border
supply line; line of communications
gamma rays
line of force
platform no. 2; track 2
outline; contour line; border line
conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)
run (in a stocking)
points and lines
overhead line (for trains, trams, etc.); overheard wire
nasolabial fold; smile line; laugh line
connecting line
wavy line
wavy line
exclusive line (communications); dedicated line
far-infrared rays; far-infrared radiation; FIR
downward curve
railroad operating over private tracks
underline; underscore
contour (line); isohypse
high-voltage wire
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
broken line; dashed line
line; a streak
(railway) siding; service line; service wire
double track; two-track line
arc (of a circle)
saturated linework; concentrated linework
blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
International Date Line
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
line symmetry; reflection symmetry; axial symmetry
straight line
additional line
pregnancy stretch mark; striae gravidarum
both (railway) tracks; (both) up and down tracks (lines)
scan line (e.g. TV)
resistance level (e.g. in share prices); resistance wire; line of resistance
staff; stave
line of magnetic force
up line; in-bound line
heating element; electrically-heated wire
sidetrack; siding; lateral line (of a fish)
down line; outbound line
loop line; circle line; circle route
high-voltage line
track no. 1
polyline; broken line; zigzag; polygonal line
thin line
thin line
moving average (line)
perpendicular line; vertical line
starting lines in the ring
new railway line
third-base line
parallel railways
nichrome wire
dividing line; parting line; separation line
asymptotic line
lead (electronics)
meridian; longitude
electron beam
particle beam
line to fold along (e.g. origami, packaging); bend line
dose (of radioactivity)
spiral (railway); spiral loop; curved railway line used to ascend steep hills
stop line
heavy line (for emphasis); thick line; underline; border
reference line; base line; baseline; datum line
white candlestick (in a candlestick chart); bullish candlestick
first-base line
scouting line
front line of (trenches for) deployed soldiers
catgut; sheepgut
dividing line; intermediate line; intermediate rays
electrical light wiring
near infrared ray; near infrared radiation
line of demarcation
pilus; fimbria
head line (in palm reading)
red candlestick (in a candlestick chart); bearish candlestick
parallel
waterline
ground wire; earth wire; earthed line
train line; bus line
stranded wire; strand wire; strand; stranded cable; stranded conductor; twisted wire
branch line; spur
underground wire or cable
territorial limits
overline; overscore; overbar
vertical line
tectonic line
Siegfried Line (German defensive line built before World War II)
intelligence line (in palm reading)
shoreline; beach line
a firebreak
base line
high-water mark
magnet wire; enameled wire
wiring
moderate line; middle-of-the-road policy line
helix; spiral
tropics (of Cancer and Capricorn); regression line
linear velocity
proton beam
private railway or bus line
harbor railroad; harbour railroad
uninsulated electrical wire; open-wire line; bare wire; bare conductor
gun rifling
sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen
branch line
wire rod; wire
line graph; line chart
normal vector
the Tropic of Capricorn
geodesic (line)
radiation; radiant rays
poverty line
hidden line
line concentrator; line multiplexer
line spacing
low-water mark; low-tide line; ebb-tide line
line drawing
linear script (e.g. Linear A, Linear B)
line of action
dividing line; demarcation line
carriageway marking; lane marker; compartment line; division line
speed lines; lines drawn to represent motion
actinic rays
Tropic of Cancer
fire support coordination line
line of departure
line of contact; no man's land
two-wire-system
barbed wire
dark-line (spectrum)
insulated wire
lines in operation
anode ray; positive ray; canal ray
reflection coefficient chart
sheathing wire
production line
wire diameter
power line; high current electrical line
weak electrical current line (e.g. intercom)
boundary; edge; break line
line spectrum
Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)
twisted pair cable
developmental baseline
common channel
reference line
linetype
coordinate graphics; line graphics
delay line
toll switch; TS; trunk exchange
reflectance normal
alignment line
source of radiation; radiation source
Arctic Circle (latitude)
Antarctic Circle (latitude)
isopleth; isogram; isoline; contour line; isarithm
striation; streak line
line integral; path integral; contour integral; curve integral
high-water mark; high-water line; high-water shoreline
Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea
isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature
line element
line synchronization
isogonic line; isogonal line
stretch mark (caused by obesity); stria
absorption line
isobar; isopiestic line
zip fastener; zipper
cross-cut; crossline; transversal; transverse line
canal ray
Distant Early Warning Line (US, Canada); DEW Line
Plimsoll line; load line; load waterline
molecular beam
atomic beam
rice noodle soup (Yunnan cuisine); (lit.) crossing-the-bridge noodles
nine-dash line (demarcation line of China's territorial claims in the South China sea); nine-dotted line
uncompleted (railway) line
planned (railway) line
asymmetric digital subscriber line; ADSL
coefficient of linear expansion
linear expansion
support line; support level; supporting wire; subsidiary wire
Examples (18 in total)
Draw a line with a ruler.
This line is parallel to that.
What number is the downtown train?