Results, 粋
- 粋☆【いき・すい】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; worldly (esp. in terms of being familiar with the red light district, geishas and actors) - いき is also written as 意気 Antonym: 野暮
- considerate; understanding; sympathetic
noun / adjectival noun:
- essence; the best; the cream [すい]
どうせ日本文化の粋などは連中には絶対わかるまい。 The essence of Japanese culture could never be appreciated by them.
JLPTN1
Kanji definition:
- 粋
- 常用中学校JLPTN1
スイ・いき
chic; style; purity; essence; pith; cream; elite; choice
- ➜
- 粹
- Strokes:
- 10
- Radical:
- 米 rice
- SKIP:
- 1-6-4
- UTF:
- 7c8b
- JIS208:
- 31-72
- Hangul:
- 수 [su]
- Pinyin:
- cuì / suì
- Example words:
- 純粋【じゅんすい】
- pure; true; genuine; unmixed
- 粋【いき】
- chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; worldly (esp. in terms of being familiar with the red light district, geishas and actors); / considerate; understanding; sympathetic; / essence; the best; the cream
- 抜粋【ばっすい】
- extract; excerpt; selection
- 国粋【こくすい】
- national characteristics
- 生粋【きっすい】
- pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
Partial results:
- 粋作り【いきづくり】
noun:
- stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style
- 粋が身を食う【すいがみをくう】
expression:
- too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man - proverb
- 粋ぶる【いきぶる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool ➜ 粋がる
- 粋がる【いきがる】意気がる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
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