粋: Chic; Style; PurityKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

The most common words built from 粋. In Moto, tap any of them to keep branching out.Open this graph

Words that use the on'yomi (スイ)

純粋じゅんすいpure; true
国粋こくすいnational characteristics
国粋主義こくすいしゅぎnationalism; extreme patriotism
抜粋ばっすいextract; excerpt
無粋ぶすいboorish; inelegant
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
生っ粋きっすいpure; genuine
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
粋を集めるすいをあつめるto collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
粋人すいじんperson of refined tastes; sophisticated person
粋狂すいきょうwhim; vagary
精粋せいすいpurity; unselfishness
純粋培養じゅんすいばいようclean (pure) culture
純粋想起じゅんすいそうきunaided recall
純粋無垢じゅんすいむくpure and innocent; immaculate
純粋理性じゅんすいりせい(Kantian) pure reason
純粋経験じゅんすいけいけんpure experience
純粋菜食主義じゅんすいさいしょくしゅぎpure vegetarianism; veganism

粋いきchic; smart
小粋こいきstylish; smart
不粋ぶいきvulgar; unrefined
粋がるいきがるto be pretentious; to put on airs
粋ぶるいきぶるto be pretentious; to put on airs
粋作りいきづくりstylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication
粋筋いきすじred-light district; pleasure quarters

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