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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

大おお筋すじ

oosuji

outline, main points

Example sentences

  1. 『古事記こじき』と『日本書紀にほんしょき』による説話せつわは、大筋おおすじは同おなじである。

    The anecdotes appearing in the "Kojiki" and the "Nihonshoki" are, in basic points, the same.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. その計画けいかくに大おおすじで賛成さんせいしていただけませんか。

    Would you agree to the plan in principle?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 松平氏まつだいらしの後見こうけんの部分ぶぶんは信用しんようできないが、大筋おおすじにおいて『三河軍記みかわぐんき』のような結末けつまつに至いたったと思おもわれる。

    The part about the Matsudaira clan acting as guardians is unreliable, but the outcome was probably broadly as described in the Mikawa Gunki.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 大筋

  • 大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい
  • 筋muscle; sinewOnキンKunすじ

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