筋すじ違ちがい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

muscle strain; sprain; crick

Physical use for a painful strain, cramp, sprain, or crick in a muscle or tendon, often in the neck, back, or shoulder. As a suru noun, it can appear as 筋違いする.

• 首くびを筋すじ違ちがいして、右みぎを向むくと痛いたい。

  I strained my neck, and it hurts when I turn to the right.

noun

unreasonable; illogical; absurdity

Used as a noun or na/no-adjective when a demand, argument, complaint, or way of thinking does not follow a reasonable line. Common in judgments such as 筋違いだ or 筋違いな要求.

• そんな筋すじ違ちがいな要よう求きゅうには応おうじられない。

  I cannot comply with such an unreasonable demand.

• 彼かの女じょだけに負ふ担たんを押おしつけるのは筋すじ違ちがいだ。

  It is unreasonable to force the burden only onto her.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective

misdirected; misplaced; off the mark

Used when blame, criticism, a question, or sometimes an estimate is aimed in the wrong direction or based on the wrong line of thought. For guesses alone, 見当違い is often the more direct everyday word.

• 担たん当とう者しゃではない彼かれを責せめるのは筋すじ違ちがいだ。

  It is misplaced to blame him when he is not the person in charge.

• その批ひ判はんは筋すじ違ちがいで、問もん題だいの本ほん質しつに触ふれていない。

  That criticism is misdirected and does not touch the heart of the problem.