Meaning
あらすじ (arasuji) is a JLPT N2 noun meaning “outline,summary”.
Example sentences 4
その映画はどんなあらすじですか。
What's the storyline of the movie?
話の粗筋はできた.細かいことはこれからだ.
I've worked out the bare bones of the story; now I'm going to fill in the details.
叛臣蘇我入鹿が連れてきたゾウを、藤原鎌足の家来山上源内左衛門が引きあってついに奪いとる、という粗筋。
It recounts how Gennaizaemon YAMAGAMI, a retainer of FUJIWARA no Kamatari, wrests the elephant SOGA no Iruka the rebel has brought away from him.
この後白河法皇プロデュースの絵巻は、後年、文安1年（1444年）に中原康富（やすとみ）が、伏見宮貞常親王の伏見殿に行った折り、御室（仁和寺）宝蔵から取り寄せた『後三年絵』という4巻からなる絵巻を見せてもらい、康富はそこで見た絵巻の粗筋を、漢文で日記に記した。
This Emaki produced by the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, that is, "Gosannen-e" which consisted of four volumes, was shown to Yasutomi NAKAHARA when he went to the Fushimi dono Palace of the Imperial Prince Fushiminomiya Sadatsune in 1444, and he wrote about the story of this Emaki in his diary in kanbun (Sino-Japanese).