Kanji1 / 10
粋 kanji
chic, style, purity, essence, pith, cream, elite, choice
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
スイ
Kun readings
いき
Variant forms
粹Words with 粋
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —国粋主義者ultranationalist
- —粋を集めるto collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
- —粋を利かすto show tact (in relationship matters); to be considerate (e.g. of a couple); to be thoughtful
- —粋が身を食うtoo much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man
- —純粋菜食主義pure vegetarianism; veganism
- —純粋理性批判Critique of Pure Reason (Kant); Kritik der reinen Vernunft
- —不粋boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
- —粋狂whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
- —生っ粋pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
- —粋をきかすto show tact (in relationship matters); to be considerate (e.g. of a couple); to be thoughtful