Word Meaning 粋な人

Listen to 粋人

粋人

すいじん

man about town

Listen to 粋

粋

いき

familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

Listen to 粋が身を食う

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)

Listen to 粋作り

粋作り

いきづくり

stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.)

Listen to 素人

素人

しらびと

respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)

Listen to 玄人

玄人

くろと

woman in the nightlife business

Listen to 凡人

凡人

ぼんじん

ordinary person

Listen to 狩人

狩人

かりうど

hunter

Listen to 囚人

囚人

めしうど

prisoner

Listen to 貴人

貴人

きじん

aristocrat

Listen to 邦人

邦人

ほうじん

Japanese national (esp. abroad)

Listen to 詩人

詩人

しじん

poet