N21181/1725

粗あら筋すじ

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

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あらすじ

Meanings

outline, summary, argument

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Example sentences

映画えいがを見みる前まえにあらすじを読よんでおいた。

I read the summary before watching the movie.

その小説しょうせつのあらすじを簡単かんたんに教おしえてもらえますか。

Could you briefly tell me the outline of that novel?

レポートには作品さくひんのあらすじだけでなく、自分じぶんの意見いけんも書かくべきだ。

In the report, you should write not only the summary of the work but also your own opinion.

彼女かのじょは長ながい話はなしを上手じょうずにあらすじでまとめた。

She skillfully summarized the long story into an outline.

あらすじを読よんだだけでは、その作品さくひんの深ふかいテーマを理解りかいすることはできない。

Just by reading the summary, one cannot understand the deep themes of the work.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)