粋

Meaning

粋 centers on the refined, concentrated best part of something: the essence, the cream, or the elite. It extends naturally to stylishness and chic as the purest expression of taste.

• 純粋じゅんすい
  N2

  pure; true; genuine; unmixed

• 粋いき
  N1

  chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated

• 抜粋ばっすい
  N1

  extract; excerpt; selection

• 生粋きっすい

  pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

• 国粋こくすい

  national characteristics

• 無粋ぶすい

  boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

• 国粋主義こくすいしゅぎ

  nationalism; extreme patriotism

• 小粋こいき

  stylish; smart; chic; tasteful; snappy; dapper

• 国粋主義者こくすいしゅぎしゃ

  ultranationalist

• 国粋的こくすいてき

  nationalistic; ultranationalistic

• 流行の粋りゅうこうのすい

  the cream (pink) of fashion

• 清粋せいすい

  elegance

• 粋すい

  essence; the best; cream

• 粋がるいきがる

  to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool

• 粋が身を食うすいがみをくう

  too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man

• 粋な人すいなひと

  man of well-cultivated tastes

• 粋な裁きすいなさばき

  delicate judgment; delicate judgement

• 粋ぶるいきぶる

  to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool

• 粋を利かすすいをきかす

  to show tact (in relationship matters); to be considerate (e.g. of a couple); to be thoughtful

• 粋を集めるすいをあつめる

  to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop

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