Word Meaning 粋ぶる

いきぶる ikiburu

粋ぶる is read as いきぶる (ikiburu) and means to be pretentious.

Meaning

English

  1. to be pretentious
  2. to put on airs
  3. to try to appear smart
  4. to act brave
  5. to try to look cool

Reading

Kana

いきぶる

Romaji

ikiburu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 138504 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

いき

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

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)

粋人

すいじん

man about town

粋な人

すいなひと

man of well-cultivated tastes

粋作り

いきづくり

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

純粋

じゅんすい

pure

抜粋

ばっすい

extract

生粋

きっすい

pure

国粋主義

こくすいしゅぎ

nationalism

国粋

こくすい

national characteristics

無粋

ぶすい

boorish

小粋

こいき

conceited