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► 成句
  [(1)せん]  [良い線を行く]  [coll]    meaning:  good  rank: 3
☆ 彼女はなかなかいい線行っている ⇨ She is kind of good looking
☆ 彼等音楽はいい線行っている ⇨ Their music is pretty good

► 名詞
  [(1)せん]    meaning:  line  rank: 1
☆ この線よりまないように ⇨ Don’t go beyond this line
☆ に線をいた ⇨ He drew a line on the paper

  [(1)せん]  [線が太い]    meaning:  personality  rank: 3
☆ は線がくて多少ではへこたれない ⇨ He’s pretty tough and a little adversity won’t deter him

  [(1)せん]  [線が細い]    meaning:  personality  rank: 3
☆ は線がくて頼りないじがする ⇨ He feels a little too delicate and not very dependable  (☛ Usually negative, as lacking mental toughness)


More examples:
  • ここから東京方面くには幹線がい ⇨ Shinkansen is faster if you are heading to Tokyo or its surrounding areas from here
  • は配線工事中感電して火傷負った ⇨ He received electrical shock during wiring work and suffered a minor burn
  • 電線は識別出来るようにしてある ⇨ The electrical wires are designed so that you can tell them apart by the colors
  • 二線の接点 ⇨ An intersecting point of two lines
  • 二つの平行した線はしない ⇨ Two parallel lines won’t touch each other
  • 政界の一線から退くことを表明した ⇨ He announced that he would step back from the forefront of the political world
  • 彼女芸能界の第一線で四十以上活躍してきた ⇨ She has been at the forefront of the entertainment world for more than forty years
  • 国際日付変更線 ⇨ The international date line
  • 内線10してさい ⇨ Please transfer (the call) to the extension 10
  • 相手打線を完封した ⇨ He shut out the opponent’s hitters
  • 幹線は北海道までびた ⇨ Shinkansen has expanded to Hokkaido
  • は有線テレビ解約した ⇨ I canceled the contract of the cable TV
  • 山手線沿線の土地い ⇨ The real estate of the areas close to Yamanote line are expensive
  • 電話が混線した ⇨ The phone lines got mixed up
  • 音響機器の配線がごちゃごちゃだ ⇨ The wirings of the audio equipment is all tangled up