すじをとおす

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
筋を通す

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝʑi o̞ to̞ːsɨᵝ]

Verb

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すじとおす (suji o tōsuすぢをとほす (sudiwotofosu)?godan (stem すじをとおし (suji o tōshi), past すじをとおした (suji o tōshita))

  1. to do what is logical and right
    • 2016, Ogawa Satoshi, Sekai no erīto ga manandeiru kyōyō toshite Nihon tetsugaku [Japanese philosophy as liberal education studied by global elites], page 66:
      ()(ほん)ではこうした(すじ)(とお)という()(そう)は、()()(にん)(じょう)という(かた)(ふる)くから(した)しまれてきました。
      Nihon de wa kō shita suji o tōsu to iu shisō wa, giri to ninjō to iu kata de furuku kara shitashimarete-kimashita.
      In Japan this ideology of propriety has long been widely known in the forms of giri and ninjō (duty and empathy).
    • 2022, Matsunaga Takarin, Kakujitsu to shinnen: suji o otōshita otoko-tachi [Discord and conviction: men who did it right], page 57:
      (すじ)(とお)(しょう)(ぶん)()()は、(はち)(さん)(ねん)(せん)(しゅ)(かい)(ちょう)になるとフロントにも(えん)(りょ)なくものを()った。
      Suji o tōsu shōbun no Tao wa, hachi-san-nen ni senshu kaichō ni naru to furonto ni mo enryonaku mono o itta.
      Always the sort to do what is right, when Tao became president of the players’ association in ’83 he did not hesitate to speak frankly with the front office.

Conjugation

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