noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
1. muscle; tendon; sinew- 2. vein; artery
- 3. fiber; fibre; string
- 4. line; stripe; streak
- 5. reason; logic
- 6. plot; storyline
- 7. lineage; descent
- 8. school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
- 9. aptitude; talent
- 10. source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
- 11. well-informed person (in a transaction)
- 12. logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
- 13. ninth vertical line
- 14. seam on a helmet
noun (common) (futsuumeishi), abbreviation
15. gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)noun (common) (futsuumeishi), archaic
16. social position; statusnoun, used as a suffix, noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
17. on (a river, road, etc.); alongsuffix, counter
18. counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directionssuffix
19. street (in Osaka)suffix, counter, archaic
20. (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)