Word Meaning 粋筋

いきすじ ikisuji

粋筋 is read as いきすじ (ikisuji) and means love affair.

Meaning

English

  1. love affair
  2. romance
  3. red-light district
  4. pleasure quarters

Reading

Kana

いきすじ

Romaji

ikisuji

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Related Words 色恋,色事,情事,濡れ事,艶事,痴話,交際,結婚 Rank 137537 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.)

すじ

(Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)

腹筋

はらすじ

sit-up (exercise)

鉄筋

てっきん

reinforced concrete

粗筋

あらすじ

outline

大筋

おおすじ

outline

一筋

ひとすじ

one bloodline

心筋

しんきん

heart muscle