Illustration: An elderly violin maker carefully fits a bridge onto an unfinished violin in a small home workshop. On the shelf behind them, three personal photographs show the same person as a young apprentice, a middle-aged craftsperson, and an older maker, each working on violins.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

一ひと筋すじ

hitosuji

devoted, single-minded

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは妻つま一筋ひとすじです。

    I’m faithful to my wife.

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  2. トムは仕事しごと一筋ひとすじだ。

    Tom is all business.

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  3. 俺おれはサッカー一筋ひとすじなんだ。

    I’m really into soccer.

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Kanji in 一筋

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 筋muscle; sinewOnキンKunすじ

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