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According to weblio, 節｛ふし｝がある is defined as follow:

> 着眼点としてある。そのようにも思われる。「思い当たるふしがある」や、「県警は当初、事件を隠蔽しようとしていたふしがある」などのように用いられる。
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> "Interesting" point. Considered to be like this. Used like 「思い当たるふしがある」 and
> 「県警は当初、事件を隠蔽しようとしていたふしがある」.

But I can't grasp what it would mean. 思い当たるふしがある is like "if someone mentions
it that appears to be evident" and 「県警は当初、事件を隠蔽しようとしていたふしがある」 would maybe mean
"At first, the police tried to keep the case secret". But I fail to get the
nuances.

I have found a lot of examples
[here](http://yourei.jp/%E3%81%B5%E3%81%97%E3%81%8C%E3%81%82%E3%82%8B) but I
can't still make anything of it.

In particular,

> 頭と胴体と、強い方が相手を制するのではないかと思われるふしがある。

The combination 思われるふしがある makes little sense to me.

Could someone clarify a bit what it means? or how can it be reformulated?
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How to understand 節がある?
思い当たる: come to mind  

> ふし【節】 ３ 心のとまるところ。…と思われる点。  
>  <http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/192283/meaning/m1u/>  
>  sign, clue, evidence, irregularity, anomaly, indication, trace, vestige,
> mark, concern.  
>

思い当たるふしがある  
Some clues come to mind.

県警は当初、事件を隠蔽しようとしていたふしがある  
There are evidences that the police at first tried to keep the case secret.

思われるふしがある  
There are some evidences that makes one think so.
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I think this 節 is more or less interchangeable with
[ところ](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/23739/5010), and it vaguely refers
to "something that catches one's eyes" or "something that reminds someone of
something". I feel it tends to refer to something negative or suspicious.

Anyway, this phrase is idiomatic, and safe translations would simply be "It
appears to me that ～", "It reminded me of ～". I feel 言われてみると ("now that you've
mentioned") is not always important, and your last example can be translated
simply as "It seems that the stronger one will win."
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This is the actual definition of weblio: `何かが起こる前触れを感じ取ること`

which after some thinking about, I would understand as `to see signs of`
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[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oSCCZ.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oSCCZ.jpg)

Please take a look at this image. 節 should be derived from tree burl....

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