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    3. 無粋

    無粋

    無ぶ粋すい

    boorish

    KMT10News #40+1Noun, AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    不粋

    ぶすい

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    boorish, inelegant, unpolished, unromantic, tactless

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    彼かれの言げん動どうは少すこし無ぶ粋すいだった。

    His words and actions were a bit tactless.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは無ぶ粋すいな質しつ問もんにも笑え顔がおで答こたえた。

    She answered even the tactless questions with a smile.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    日に本ほん庭てい園えんの美うつくしさを理り解かいできないのは、少すこし無ぶ粋すいかもしれない。

    Not being able to appreciate the beauty of a Japanese garden might be a bit inelegant.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    その場ばの雰ふん囲い気きを壊こわすような無ぶ粋すいな発はつ言げんは避さけるべきだ。

    One should avoid tactless remarks that spoil the atmosphere.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    芸げい術じゅつを理り解かいしない人ひとを無ぶ粋すいだと決 めつけるのは、また別べつの無ぶ粋すいさだ。

    To label someone who doesn't understand art as inelegant is another kind of inelegance.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    無
    な.い…(2)
    nothingness・none・ain't・nothing・nil…(1)
    粋
    いき…(1)
    chic・style・purity・essence・pith…(3)
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