(すじ) (n) (1) muscle; tendon; sinew; (2) vein; artery; (3) fiber; fibre; string; (4) line; stripe; streak; (5) (See 筋が通る) 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 (shogi); (14) seam on a helmet; (15) (abbr) (See 筋蒲鉾) gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.); (16) (arch) social position; status; (n-suf,n,adj-no) (17) on (a river, road, etc.); along; (suf,ctr) (18) counter for long thin things; (19) (arch) (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency); (P) [EDICT]
(くだり) (n) passage; paragraph [EDICT]
(じょう) (n) (1) article (in document); provision; (2) stripe; streak; line [EDICT]
(tiáo, ㄊㄧㄠˊ) strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) [CE-DICT]
(jiù, ㄐㄧㄡˋ) at once; right away; only; just (emphasis); as early as; already; as soon as; right away; then; in that case; as many as; even if; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; to suffer; subjected to; to accomplish; to take advantage of; to g [CE-DICT]
它
(tā, ㄊㄚ) it (used for things) [CE-DICT]
本
(ほん) (n) (1) (See ご本・ごほん) book; volume; (pref) (2) main; head; this; our; present; real; (ctr) (3) counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; (P) [EDICT]
(běn, ㄅㄣˇ) roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (classifier for books, periodicals, files etc) [CE-DICT]
身
(むくろ) (n) (dead) body; corpse [EDICT]
(み) (n) (1) body; (2) oneself; (3) one's place; one's position; (4) main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container(as opposed to its lid); (P) [EDICT]
(ひ) (n,n-suf) (1) ratio; proportion; (2) match; equal; (3) (See 六義・1) explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); (4) (abbr) (See 比律賓) Philippines; (P) [EDICT]
(bǐ, ㄅㄧˇ) (particle used for comparison and "-er than"); to compare; to contrast; to gesture (with hands); ratio; abbr. for Belgium 比利時|比利时 [CE-DICT]
(bì, ㄅㄧˋ) associate with; be near [CE-DICT]
特
(tè, ㄊㄜˋ) special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very [CE-DICT]
