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[きっ()·すい()]
kissui
noun, no adjective

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kissui

English Meaning(s) for 生粋

noun, no adjective
  1. pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

Definition and Synonyms for 生粋

Genuineness the state of being genuine
Synonyms: 生粋, 真偽
Pureness being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
Synonyms: 単純, 無雑, 生一本, 生粋, 精粋, 純一無雑

Meanings for each kanji in 生粋

» life; genuine; birth
» chic; style; purity; essence; pith; cream; elite; choice

Categories 生粋 is a member of

Condition a state at a particular time
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Actuality the state of actually existing objectively
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 生粋

Sample Sentences for 生粋

He is a German by origin.
As you can also tell from these beautiful, far from Japanese, looks, Yuna is not pure-blood Japanese. She's a quarter-blood with a westerner as grandmother.
He is a Parisian born and bred.
She's pure bred blue-blood you see. Unfortunately that's no sort of put-on but her natural self.
He is an American to the backbone.

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