noun
refined taste; elegant pursuits
Refers to a cultivated appreciation for traditional arts such as tea ceremony, flower arrangement, and poetry. Often associated with the aesthetic of わび・さび.
彼は数寄を凝らした茶室を建てた。
He built a tea room with refined taste.
数寄の道に生きる人々は、わびさびを大切にする。
People who live the way of elegant pursuits cherish wabi-sabi.
The kanji 数寄 and 数奇 are ateji (phonetic equivalents) for the native Japanese word すき, meaning 'liking' or 'fondness,' which developed into the sense of refined taste.