Illustration: In a family kitchen, an older child explains a small mystery to a younger sibling by tracing its connected evidence. They point first to an overturned flour bowl, then follow a continuous trail of floury pawprints across the counter toward a cat hiding behind a rice cooker.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

筋すじ道みち

sujimichi

line of reasoning, logical order

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの議論ぎろんには筋道すじみちが無ない。

    I find no logic in his argument.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしは君きみの議論ぎろんの筋道すじみちを追おっていけない。

    I can’t follow the course of your argument.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしは彼かれの議論ぎろんの筋道すじみちがわからなくなった。

    I lost the thread of his argument.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 筋道

  • 筋muscle; sinewOnキンKunすじ
  • 道road-way; streetOnドウ・トウKunみち・いう

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