(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]
防
(fáng, ㄈㄤˊ) to protect; to defend; to guard (against) [CE-DICT]
止
(zhǐ, ㄓˇ) to stop; to prohibit; untill [CE-DICT]
救
(jiù, ㄐㄧㄡˋ) to save; to assist; to rescue [CE-DICT]
