せん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. line; stripe; stria
Does a line connecting these two points exist?
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
Hey, the wire is cut.
3. ray (e.g. X-ray); beam
4. line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane
This line gets really crowded in the morning.
5. outline; contours; form
6. level
7. division
8. line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle
No, there's also the possibility that he genuinely doesn't remember.
9. impression one leaves; air one gives off
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (475 in total)
line to fold along (e.g. origami, packaging); bend line
traffic lane; road lane
ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation; UV radiation
rifling marks on a fired bullet
infrared rays; infrared radiation
line drawing
batting line-up; batting order
straight line
white line; linea alba
wired; cabled; communication by wire
(on the) right track; (on the) right lines
streamline
dotted line; perforated line
wavy line
front line; forefront
boundary line
horizon (related to bodies of water)
to draw a line
centerline (road); center line; Chuō Line (central railway line in Tokyo)
disconnection; interruption; burn-out
(railway) siding; service line; service wire
magnetic field line; magnetic flux line; line of magnetic force
Tropic of Capricorn
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
straight line
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
(war) front
circuit; line
horizon (related to land)
line of fire (of a gun)
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
world line; parallel universe (in fiction); parallel world; alternative reality
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
(measuring) ruler
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
incense stick
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
firing line; caustic curve
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
diagonal (line)
steel wire
supply line
horizontal line
abandoned railway line; closed railway line; discontinued line
on a line; on the borderline (between); on the verge (of); on the brink (of)
telephone line
line of flow (of people, objects, etc.)
crossed line; crossing of wires; crosstalk; getting mixed up (of different topics in a conversation); confusion; (talking at) cross-purposes
oblique line; forward slash
beauty of slender female legs
piano wire
defensive perimeter; defence line; defense line; precaution; safeguard; safety measure
main line; trunk line
red line; red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps); non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
track number; platform number; wire gauge
heartstrings; koto string
outside telephone line; outer circle
vertical line; vertical bar (symbol)
sunlight; rays of the Sun
loop line; (transportation) belt line
railway line operated by the Ministry of Railways; city electric train operated by the Ministry of Railways
international air route
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
the whole (railway) line; the entire (bus) route; all lines; all routes; the whole front (in war); all fronts
outline; contour line; border line
criminal investigation
warning line; police cordon
centre line; center line; central line
shaft line; axis
visible ray
copper line; copper wire
overhead wires; elevated railway
line segment
single track (railway); single line; solid wire; solid-core wire; single-strand wire
branch line
domestic air route; domestic airline (company)
gamma rays
ruled line; rule; chart; crease; score; border
supply line; line of communications
line of force
waterline (ship)
conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)
run (in a stocking)
platform no. 2; track 2
points and lines
wavy line
cordon; boundary to restrict public access; materials used to mark a cordon
grid-line (e.g. in spreadsheet); enclosing line
crosshairs; cross hairs
overhead power line; aerial wiring; overhead line (for trains, trams, etc.); overhead wire
far-infrared rays; far-infrared radiation; FIR
nasolabial fold; smile line; laugh line
main battle line; primary front
connecting line
downward curve
exclusive line (communications); dedicated line
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
railroad operating over private tracks
underline; underscore
linetype
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
strong-nerved; decisive
saturated linework; concentrated linework
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
contour line; contour
Keiyō Line
high-voltage wire
loop line; circle line; circle route
line symmetry; reflection symmetry; axial symmetry
broken line; dashed line
double track; two-track line
arc (of a circle)
line; a streak
blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line; 1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
dose (of radioactivity)
straight line
diagram; chart
International Date Line
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
line of discontinuity; (weather) front
scan line (e.g. TV)
additional line
staff; stave
cutting-plane line
third-base line
both (railway) tracks; (both) up and down tracks (lines)
up line; in-bound line
heating element; electrically-heated wire
pregnancy stretch mark; striae gravidarum
down line; outbound line
high-voltage line
to be on the right track; to go well
moving average (line)
resistance level (e.g. in share prices); resistance wire; line of resistance
Musashino Line
siding; sidetrack; turnout
track no. 1
perpendicular line; vertical line
sidetrack; siding; lateral line (of a fish)
polyline; broken line; zigzag; polygonal line
thin line
thin line
impressive; tough
starting lines in the ring
dividing line; parting line; separation line
first-base line
nichrome wire
38th parallel (that demarcates North Korea and South Korea)
38th parallel (that demarcates North Korea and South Korea)
asymptotic line
parallel railways
particle beam
Minatomirai Line
meridian; longitude
new railway line
lead (electronics)
to be on the right track; to go well
stop line
electron beam
playing field boundary (comp. karuta)
Utsunomiya Line
Yamate Line (Kobe)
spiral (railway); spiral loop; curved railway line used to ascend steep hills
reference line; base line; baseline; datum line
heavy line (for emphasis); thick line; underline; border
white candlestick (in a candlestick chart); bullish candlestick
scouting line
Tobu Isesaki Line
catgut; sheepgut
front line of (trenches for) deployed soldiers
dividing line; intermediate line; intermediate rays
electrical light wiring
near infrared ray; near infrared radiation
stranded wire; strand wire; strand; stranded cable; stranded conductor; twisted wire
line of demarcation
branch line; spur
waterline
pilus; fimbria
head line (in palm reading)
red candlestick (in a candlestick chart); bearish candlestick; terminator (boundary between the areas of light and shadow on an object)
parallel; latitude line
ground wire; earth wire; earthed line
train line; bus line
spectral line
Uchibō Line
core wire; conductor
underground wire or cable
finish line; goal line
vertical line
intelligence line (in palm reading)
Toden Arakawa Line
magnet wire; enameled wire
helix; spiral
tectonic line
Siegfried Line (German defensive line built in the late 1930s)
Sotobō Line
Mees' lines
shoreline; beach line
a firebreak
base line
high-water mark
wiring
moderate line; middle-of-the-road policy line
Milan belt railway
median; midline
tropics (of Cancer and Capricorn); regression line
speed lines; lines drawn to represent motion
line graph; line chart
linear velocity
proton beam
private railway or bus line
harbor railroad; harbour railroad
territorial limits
gun rifling
branch line
wire rod; wire
dividing line; demarcation line
the said line; the same line
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Yamanote Line (Tokyo)
Fukuchiyama Line
overline; overscore; overbar
normal vector
geodesic (line)
radiation; radiant rays
poverty line
winding (coil, armature, etc.)
sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen
hidden line (in a technical drawing)
line concentrator; line multiplexer
striation; streak line
low-water mark; low-tide line; ebb-tide line
line drawing
linear script (e.g. Linear A, Linear B)
line of action
carriageway marking; lane marker; compartment line; division line
Keiō Line (railway line in Tokyo)
Sōtetsu Izumino Line
Sōbu Line (Chiba-Tokyo railway)
Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Waterfront Line
Curzon Line
actinic rays
Tropic of Cancer
fire support coordination line
line of departure
line of contact; no man's land
two-wire-system
barbed wire
dark line (in a spectrum); absorption line
insulated wire
lines in operation
uninsulated electrical wire; open-wire line; bare wire; bare conductor
anode ray; positive ray; canal ray
sheathing wire
production line
wire diameter
power line; high current electrical line
weak electrical current line (e.g. intercom)
boundary; edge; break line
line spectrum
Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)
twisted pair cable
developmental baseline
common channel
reference line
line spacing
coordinate graphics; line graphics
delay line
toll switch; TS; trunk exchange
projection line
reflectance normal
alignment line
source of radiation; radiation source
Arctic Circle (latitude)
Antarctic Circle (latitude)
isopleth; isogram; isoline; contour line; isarithm
line integral; path integral; contour integral; curve integral
high-water mark; high-water line; high-water shoreline
Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea
isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature
line element
line synchronization
isogonic line; isogonal line
stretch mark (caused by obesity); stria
absorption line
isobar; isopiestic line
zip fastener; zipper
cross-cut; crossline; transversal; transverse line
canal ray; anode ray
Distant Early Warning Line (US, Canada); DEW Line
Plimsoll line; load line; load waterline
molecular beam
atomic beam
rice noodle soup (Yunnan cuisine); (lit.) crossing-the-bridge noodles
nine-dash line (demarcation line of China's territorial claims in the South China sea); nine-dotted line
uncompleted (railway) line
planned (railway) line
asymmetric digital subscriber line; ADSL
coefficient of linear expansion
linear expansion
support line; support level; supporting wire; subsidiary wire
railway line; tramway line
line width
freight line; goods line
cable car; cable railway; funicular
wire strand (esp. in a wire rope); wire thread
directrix
wire gauge
Blaschko's lines
magnetic field line; magnetic flux line; line of magnetic force
vermilion line; red line
imaginary line
Inbi Line (East Okayama Railway)
Yokohama Line
Gakuento City line
Keisei Line
Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Kintetsu-Osaka Line
Kanazawa Seaside Line
Airport Line; Kūkō Line
Tōei Mita Line; Tōden Mita Line (closed 1968)
Shikoku Cable Line
Points and Lines (1958 novel by Matsumoto Seichou)
Tōzai Line
Tokuyama Line
Nara Line
Hakodate Line
Hachikō Line
Hobashira Cable Line
Keikyū Daishi Line
Okinawa Urban Monorail; Yui Rail
Metropolitan line
Maskoŭskaja Line
Tauern Railway
Schneeberg Railway (cog railway)
Central line (London Underground)
Piccadilly line
Circle line (London Underground)
Wallace Line
Northern line
Bernina railway
Koralm Railway
Flåm Line
Wye (rail)
Arlberg railway
Albula Railway
Circumflegrea railway
Bergen Line
Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway
Schafberg Railway
Mariazell Railway
Casparian strip
Leopolda railway
Tsuen Wan Line
Oʻzbekiston Line
Ligne de Cerdagne
Skåne Line
Barrie line
Kitchener line
Milton line
Stouffville line
Ligne de Sceaux
Kŭmgol Line
Gold Coast railway line
Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line)
Ipswich and Rosewood railway line
Manassas Line
North Coast railway line, New South Wales
Southern Line
Main Line railway, Queensland
Maeklong Railway
Examples (35 in total)
Hey, the wire is cut.
I see, that's not a bad angle.
The phone cord had come unplugged.