Meaning of 本筋(ほんすじ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 本筋

Kana Reading ほんすじ

Romaji honsuji

Examples of 本筋, ほんすじ in a sentence

枝葉末節の議論はもうそろそろ止めにして、本筋の話に移りませんか。

Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?
そろそろ話の本筋に入るべきです。

It's time to get down to business.

筋 JLPT 1

12 strokes

muscle, sinew, tendon, fiber, plot, plan, descent

On'Yomi: キン

Kun'Yomi: すじ

本 JLPT 5

5 strokes

book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

On'Yomi: ホン

Kun'Yomi: もと