Word Meaning 粋人

すいじん suijin

粋人 is read as すいじん (suijin) and means man about town.

Meaning

English

  1. man about town
  2. man of the world
  3. understanding person
  4. person of refined tastes
  5. sophisticated person

Reading

Kana

すいじん

Romaji

suijin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Antonyms 野暮天 Rank 112225 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

粋な人

すいなひと

man of well-cultivated tastes

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)

粋作り

いきづくり

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

素人

しらびと

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

玄人

くろと

woman in the nightlife business

凡人

ぼんじん

ordinary person

狩人

かりうど

hunter

囚人

めしうど

prisoner

貴人

きじん

aristocrat

邦人

ほうじん

Japanese national (esp. abroad)

詩人

しじん

poet