No. 4,979 in Japanese
粗筋
Summary; outline of a story.
In a sentence
映画の粗筋を教えてください。
Please tell me the plot of the movie.
Here, '粗筋' is used to refer to a summary or synopsis of a movie's story.
彼は理解を深めるために本の粗筋を読んだ。
He read the summary of the book to deepen his understanding.
In this sentence, '粗筋' denotes the synopsis or general outline of the book's content.
発表で論文の粗筋を説明しました。
During the presentation, they explained the outline of the paper.
Here, '粗筋' is used to indicate the overview or abstraction summarizing the paper's core ideas.
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