Japanese Dictionary

Words

243 words found
  • 条件
    JLPT 3
    Kana Reading
    じょうけん
    Word Senses
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  • 筋, 条
    JLPT 3
    Kana Reading
    すじ
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
      Meaning
      muscle; tendon; sinew
      Example sentence
      物語の筋はある島を舞台に展開する。 The action of the story takes place on an island.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      vein; artery
      Example sentence
      非暴力というのは私の信仰の第１条だ。 Non-violence is the first article of my faith.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      fiber; fibre; string
      Example sentence
      彼がそのテレビドラマの筋を話す役割をした。 He had the role of narrating the television drama.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      line; stripe; streak
      Example sentence
      第６条議長は全会議を主宰するものとする。 Article 6. The president shall preside at all meetings.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      reason; logic
      Example sentence
      私は日本が憲法第９条を守ることを希望します。 I hope that Japan will abide by Article 9 of her Constitution.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      plot; storyline
      Example sentence
      私は去年、それを別の筋から聞いた。 I heard about it from another source last year.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      lineage; descent
      Example sentence
      私はそのニュースを確かな筋から得た。 I got the news from a reliable source.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
      Example sentence
      君の説明はもっともらしいが、筋がちっとも通ってない。 Your explanation sounds plausible, but it just doesn't hold water.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      aptitude; talent
      Example sentence
      君のアイディアは新しいとは言えない。私は去年、それを別の筋から聞いた。 Your idea cannot be brand new. I heard about it from another source last year.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
      Example sentence
      その小説の筋はわからない。 I don't understand this novel's plot.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      well-informed person (in a transaction)
      Example sentence
      そのことは確かな筋から聞いた。 I heard it on good authority.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
      Example sentence
      これは確かな筋からの情報だ。 I heard this from a safe source.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      ninth vertical line (shogi)
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      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.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      seam on a helmet
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      social position; status
    • Parts of speech
      noun, used as a suffix, noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
      Meaning
      on (a river, road, etc.); along
    • Parts of speech
      suffix, counter
      Meaning
      counter for long thin things
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
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  • 発条, 撥条, 弾機
    JLPT 2
    Kana Reading
    ばね, ぜんまい, はつじょう, だんき, バネ
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
      Meaning
      spring (e.g. coil, leaf); mainspring; power spring
      Example sentence
      そのばね１個で車の全重量を支えている。 That one spring carries the whole weight of the car.
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Kanji

13 kanji found
  • 条 JLPT 2

    7 strokes

    article, clause, item, stripe, streak

    On'Yomi: ジョウ, チョウ, デキ

    Kun'Yomi: えだ, すじ

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  • 條

    11 strokes

    article, ray of light

    On'Yomi: ジョウ, チョウ, デキ

    Kun'Yomi: えだ, すじ

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  • 蓚

    13 strokes

    (used only in compounds)

    On'Yomi: シュウ

    Kun'Yomi:

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