すい
Meanings
Noun
1. essence; the best; cream
Adjective (な)
Noun
2. chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated
3. considerate; understanding; thoughtful; tactful
4. familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
person of refined tastes; sophisticated person; man of the world; understanding person; man about town
to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
purity; unselfishness
to show tact (in relationship matters); to be considerate (e.g. of a couple); to be thoughtful
the cream (pink) of fashion
delicate judgment; delicate judgement
man of well-cultivated tastes
too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man