線【せん】
Frequency rank: 3,741. – 3,745.
- line; stripe; stria
- line (e.g. telephone line); wire
- ray (e.g. X-ray); beamsee also X線
- line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane
- outline; contours; form
- level
- division
- line (of action); position; approach; policy; principlesee also いい線
- impression one leaves; air one gives offsee also 線が太い and 線が細い
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun, used as a suffix
Forms
- 線【せん】Frequency rank: 3,741. – 3,745.
- せんFrequency rank: 14,875. – 14,927.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- line; stripe; stria
- line (e.g. telephone line); wire
- ray (e.g. X-ray); beam
- line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane
- outline; contours; form
- level
- division
- line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle
- impression one leaves; air one gives off
This meaning refers to a physical line or mark that can be seen, such as a stripe on a shirt or a line drawn on paper.
A white line is drawn along the side of the road.
This usage pertains to a physical connection, such as electrical or telecommunications lines that transmit signals.
The telephone line has been cut.
This meaning refers to a ray of light or other forms of radiation, indicative of something that travels in straight lines.
This definition relates to transportation, indicating a route taken by vehicles, such as trains or roads.
Here, it refers to the shape or form of something, emphasizing its boundary or outline.
This meaning pertains to a stage or position in a system, indicating something aligns or is balanced.
This usage indicates a separation or categorization of parts within a whole.
This meaning refers to a strategy or method of doing something, such as an approach to a situation or a guiding principle.
We devised a new approach to this problem.
This usage describes the impression or aura a person conveys to others based on their behavior or appearance.
Generated collocations (experimental)
せんをひく線を引くto draw a lineちょくせん直線straight lineきょくせん曲線curved lineでんわせん電話線telephone lineてつどうせん鉄道線railroad lineせんろ線路train tracksらいんなっぷラインナップlineupすいへいほうこう水平方向のせん線horizontal lineすいちょくせん垂直線vertical lineせん線のひき引きかた方way of drawing a lineこんつうるコンツールせん線contour lineせん線をそろえる揃えるto align linesせんけい線形あぷろうちアプローチlinear approachきょうかいせん境界線boundary lineせん線のいんしょう印象impression left by a lineせんりゃくてき戦略的なせん線strategic line
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- きごう(せんセンきごう)ほそながく細長くれんぞく連続するもの..すじ..
- きごう(せんセンきごう)きかがく幾何学で、てん点とてん点をむすぶ結ぶけいろ経路..
- きごう(せんセンきごう)りんかくせん輪郭線..
- きごう(せんセンきごう)どうせん導線..でんせん電線..でんわせん電話線..
- きごう(せんセンきごう)こうせん光線..ほうしゃせん放射線..
- きごう(せんセンきごう)どうろ道路..てつどう鉄道やばすバスなどのろせん路線..
- きごう(せんセンきごう)ほうしん方針..みちすじ道筋..
- きごう(せんセンきごう)しゅるい種類..たいぷタイプ..
- きごう(せんセンきごう)かのう可能せい性..こうさん公算..
- きごう(せんセンきごう)たいしょう対象となるかならないかのさかいめ境目..くぎり区切り..
- きごう(せんセンきごう)すいじゅん水準..しつ質..
- きごう(せんセンきごう)たいけい体型やげんどう言動からうける受けるいんしょう印象..
Example sentences
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15. じかん時間にしばられた縛られたしゃかい社会では、とき時はせん線のように、つまりかこ過去からげんざい現在をとおって通ってみらい未来にむかって向かってのびる延びるいっぽん1本のちょくせん直線とみられている見られている。
In a time-bound society time is seen as linear- in other words as a straight line extending from the past, through the present, to the future.
This drawing is less than great. He needs to do something with the line here at the back of the leg.