Word Meaning 異国趣味

いこくしゅみ ikokushumi

異国趣味 is read as いこくしゅみ (ikokushumi) and means taste for the exotic.

Meaning

English

taste for the exotic
infatuation with a foreign way of life
exoticism

Reading

Kana

いこくしゅみ

Romaji

ikokushumi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 73242 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

異国

いこく

foreign country

異国人

いこくじん

foreigner

異国の人

いこくのひと

foreigner

異国情調

いこくじょうちょう

exoticism

異国情緒

いこくじょうしょ

exotic mood

異趣

いしゅ

extraordinary appearance

趣味

しゅみ

hobby

成金趣味

なりきんしゅみ

the ostentation (bad taste) of the nouveau riche

少女趣味

しょうじょしゅみ

(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.)

低回趣味

ていかいしゅみ

disposition toward rejecting mundane affairs and enjoying nature and art

同趣味

どうしゅみ

the same interests

多趣味

たしゅみ

having various interests