Word Meaning 粋狂

すいきょう suikyou

粋狂 is read as すいきょう (suikyou) and means whim.

Meaning

English

  1. whim
  2. caprice
  3. vagary
  4. eccentricity

Reading

Kana

すいきょう

Romaji

suikyou

Writing Variants

  • 酔狂 すいきょう suikyou
  • 酔興 すいきょう suikyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 135227 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.)

熱狂

ねっきょう

wild enthusiasm

映画狂

えいがきょう

movie fan

発狂

はっきょう

madness

放火狂

ほうかきょう

pyromania

色情狂

しきじょうきょう

sex mania

露出狂

ろしゅつきょう

exhibitionist

物狂

ぶっきょう

very surprised