Moto 筋: Muscle; Sinew; TendonKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キン
- Kun'yomi
- すじ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 283 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キン)
- 筋肉きんにくmuscle
- 心筋しんきんheart muscle; myocardium
- 鉄筋てっきんrebar; (iron) reinforcing bar
- 筋力きんりょくphysical strength; muscle strength
- 心筋梗塞しんきんこうそくheart attack; myocardial infarction
- 筋肉質きんにくしつmuscular
- あばら筋あばらきんstirrup (construction)
- たこつぼ型心筋症たこつぼがたしんきんしょうtakotsubo cardiomyopathy
- たこつぼ心筋症たこつぼしんきんしょうtakotsubo cardiomyopathy
- ヒラメ筋ヒラメきんsoleus muscle
- ミトコンドリア脳筋症ミトコンドリアのうきんしょうmitochondrial encephalomyopathy
- 三角筋さんかくきんdeltoid (muscle)
- 三頭筋さんとうきんtriceps
- 上腕三頭筋じょうわんさんとうきんtriceps brachii muscle
- 上腕二頭筋じょうわんにとうきんbiceps brachii muscle
- 上腕筋じょうわんきんbrachial muscle
- 不随意筋ふずいいきんinvoluntary muscles
- 二頭筋にとうきんbiceps
- 人工筋肉じんこうきんにくartificial muscle; synthetic muscle
- 仮性筋肥大かせいきんひだいpseudohypertrophy of muscle
- 伸筋しんきんprotractor muscle
- 僧帽筋そうぼうきんtrapezius muscle
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 筋すじmuscle; tendon
- 大筋おおすじoutline; summary
- 道筋みちすじpath; route
- 消息筋しょうそくすじinformed circles
- 一筋ひとすじone long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke)
- 背筋せすじspine; line of the backbone
- 筋書きすじがきsynopsis; outline
- 一筋縄ひとすじなわ(piece of) rope
- 売れ筋うれすじpopular line (of products); best-selling line
- 売れ筋ランキングうれすじランキングlist of top-selling products
- 家筋いえすじlineage; pedigree
- 本筋ほんすじmain thread (of a story)
- 筋合いすじあいreason; right
- 筋道すじみちreason; logic
- 筋違いすじちがいcramp; sprain
- 筋金すじがねa metal reinforcement
- 粗筋あらすじoutline; summary
- 腹筋はらすじsit-up
- 血筋ちすじlineage; stock
- 首筋くびすじnape of the neck; back of the neck
- あら筋あらすじoutline; summary
- その筋そのすじthat field
- ひと筋ひとすじone long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke)
- メコ筋メコすじcamel toe (i.e. female genitals visible through tight clothing)
- 一筋の涙ひとすじのなみだa trickle of tears
- 一筋縄でいかないひとすじなわでいかないnot straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
- 一筋縄ではいかないひとすじなわではいかないnot straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
- 一筋縄では行かないひとすじなわではいかないnot straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
- 一筋縄で行かないひとすじなわでいかないnot straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
- 一筋繩ひとすじなわ(piece of) rope
- 一筋道ひとすじみちstraight road
- 三筋みすじmisuji (cut of beef, usu. from the chuck)
- 三筋琉球雀鯛みすじりゅうきゅうすずめだいwhitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus); humbug dascyllus
- 主筋しゅうすじpeople close to the head man
- 二筋道ふたすじみちbranch roads; crossroads
- 仕事一筋しごとひとすじliving only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
Other readings
- 一筋縞蚊ヒトスジシマかAsian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
- 偽黒筋銀宝にせくろすじぎんぽsabre-toothed blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus)
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