線引き

Meanings

1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive, Intransitive

   delineation; demarcation
2. drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable)Idiom

3. Noun

   (measuring) rulerColloquial

• どこかで線引せんびきをする必要ひつようがありますね。

  We have to draw a line somewhere.

• 許容きょようできる文ぶんとできない文ぶんを明確めいかくに線引せんびきするのは決けっして容易よういな作業さぎょうではない。

  It's by no means an easy task to draw a clear line between an acceptable sentence and an unacceptable one.