生粋

きっすい

Also written 生っ粋

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

Kanji

• 生 life. Read as き.
• 粋 pure. Read as スイ.

Example sentences

• 彼はきっすいのロンドン子です。
  He was born within the sound of the Bow bells.
• 彼は生粋のドイツ人だ。
  He is a German by origin.
• 彼は生粋のアメリカ人だ。
  He is an American to the backbone.
• 生粋の江戸っ子です。
  I am a pure Edoite.

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