Illustration: At a neighborhood library, a storyteller unfolds a concertina picture book across a low table for two absorbed children. Its pictures follow the same little dog: a gust carries away its owner's hat, the dog chases the hat beside a stream, and it returns carrying the hat with a frog sitting inside.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

筋すじ

suji

plot, storyline

Example sentences

  1. その小説しょうせつの筋すじはわからない。

    I don’t understand this novel’s plot.

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  2. 物語ものがたりの筋すじはある島しまを舞台ぶたいに展開てんかいする。

    The action of the story takes place on an island.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 筋すじはあれだけど、面白おもしろい本ほんだったよ。

    Apart from the plot, the book interested me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 筋

  • 筋muscle; sinewOnキンKunすじ

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