Definition of 筋,条,すじ

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

• muscle
• tendon
• sinew

• vein
• artery

• fiber
• fibre
• string

• line
• stripe
• streak

• reason
• logic

• 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)

• logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)

• ninth vertical line (shogi)

• seam on a helmet

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

• social position
• status

noun, used as a suffix, noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

• on (a river, road, etc.)
• along

suffix, counter

• counter for long thin things

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