- 鉄筋【てっきん】 - rebar, (iron) reinforcing bar, reinforcing steel, reinforced concrete 
- 粗筋【あらすじ】 - outline, summary, argument 
- 大筋【おおすじ】 - outline, summary, gist, basic points 
- 道筋【みちすじ】 - path, route, itinerary 
- 心筋【しんきん】 - heart muscle, myocardium 
- 消息筋【しょうそくすじ】 - informed circles 
- 一筋【ひとすじ】 - one line, one stretch (e.g. of road), one strand (e.g. of hair), one beam (e.g. of light), one ray, one length (e.g. of rope), earnest, resolute, intent, devoted, single-minded, one bloodline, one clan, ordinary, common 
- 背筋【せすじ】 - spine, line of the backbone, seam down the back (of clothing) 
- 本筋【ほんすじ】 - main thread (of a story) 
- 心筋梗塞【しんきんこうそく】 - heart attack, myocardial infarction 
- 一筋縄【ひとすじなわ】 - (piece of) rope, ordinary method 
- 筋金【すじがね】 - a metal reinforcement 
- 首筋【くびすじ】 - nape of the neck, back of the neck, scruff of the neck 
- 腹筋【ふっきん】 - abdominal muscles, abs, sit-up (exercise) 
- 血筋【ちすじ】 - lineage, stock, descent, strain, blood relationship 
- 家筋【いえすじ】 - lineage, pedigree, family line 
- 筋肉質【きんにくしつ】 - muscular, lean (of a company's operations, etc.)