[あずま;あづま(ok), azuma ; aduma (ok)] (n) (1) (arch) east; (2) eastern Japan; (3) (abbr) (See 東琴) six-stringed Japanese zither; (4) (吾妻, 吾嬬 only) my spouse #408
[ちょう, chou] (n) (1) (arch) (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf, ctr) (2) counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc. #2366
[れつ, retsu] (n) queue; line; row; column; sequence; string; train; (P) #2634
[すじ, suji] (n) (1) muscle; tendon; sinew; (2) vein; artery; (3) fiber; fibre; string; (4) line; stripe; streak; (5) (See 筋が通る) reason; logic; (6) plot; storyline; (7) lineage; descent; (8) school (e.g. of scholarship or arts); (9) aptitude; talent; (10) source (of information, etc.); circle; channel; (11) well-informed person (in a transaction); (12) logical move (in go, shogi, etc.); (13) ninth vertical line (shogi); (14) seam on a helmet; (15) (abbr) (See 筋蒲鉾) gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.); (16) (arch) social position; status; (n-suf, n, adj-no) (17) on (a river, road, etc.); along; (suf, ctr) (18) counter for long thin things; (19) (arch) (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency); (P) #3255
[きん, kin] (n) qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin #4753
[こと(P);そう(箏;筝), koto (P); sou ( houki ; houki )] (n) (1) koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (2) (こと only) (arch) stringed instrument; (3) (箏, 筝 only) zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng; (P) #4753
[し, shi] (n, n-suf) thread; yarn; string; (P) #5565
[げん, gen] (n) (1) (arch) bowstring; (2) (See 絃) string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; (3) { geom } chord; (4) hypotenuse #5687
[つる, tsuru] (n) (1) bowstring; (2) string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); (3) (esp. 鉉) bail (arched pot handle); (4) (also written as 梁) (See 枡・1) diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu; (P) #5687
[いちぐん, ichigun] (n, adj-no) an army; the whole army; first string players (sports); (P) #5871