消しょう息そく筋すじ

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Meanings

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noun

informed sources; well-informed circles

Used in news and formal contexts to refer to people or groups with inside information, often cited anonymously.

消しょう息そく筋すじによると、首しゅ相しょうは来らい月げつ辞じ任にんする意い向こうだ。

According to informed sources, the prime minister intends to resign next month.

Usage patterns

消しょう息そく筋すじによると〈事こと〉according to informed sources, ...
消しょう息そく筋すじによると、来らい月げつ大おおきな発はっ表ぴょうがあるという。
According to informed sources, there will be a major announcement next month.
消しょう息そく筋すじは〈事こと〉と語かたるinformed sources say/state that ...
消しょう息そく筋すじは交こう渉しょうが難なん航こうしていると語かたった。
Informed sources said that the negotiations were running into difficulties.

Kanji

消extinguish, blow out, turn off
息breath, respiration, son
筋muscle, sinew, tendon

Related words

関かん係けい者しゃ
関係者 broadly means people involved or concerned with a matter, while 消息筋 specifically refers to people with privileged inside information, typically cited anonymously in news reports.
情じょう報ほう源げん
情報源 is the general term for any source of information, whereas 消息筋 specifically denotes anonymous, well-connected human sources quoted in journalism.

Don't confuse with

消しょう息そくN1
消息 means news or word of someone's whereabouts/condition, while 消息筋 is a fixed compound meaning the informed sources who provide such news.

Built from

消しょう息そく+筋すじ

Etymology

Compound of 消息 (news, information) and 筋 (line, channel, source). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning 'information channel' or 'informed source'.