無粋

不粋

Reading

Kana: ぶすい

Romaji: busui

Definition

adj-na

noun

1

boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic

Kanji

無

Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い

Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

粋

Readings: スイ、 いき

Meanings: chic, style, purity, essence, pith, cream, elite, choice

不

Readings: フ、 ブ

Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

Example Sentence

いきなり本人(ほんにん)に誰何(すいか)するのも無粋(ぶすい)と考(かんが)えました。

➥I thought it would be boorish to challenge his identity without warning.