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chic

On-Yomi: スイ — Kun-Yomi: いき

Koohii stories:

1) [Zareon] 25-2-2007(382): In extremely chic restaurants, you have to pay 90 bucks for a bowl of rice.

2) [tcjeff] 18-6-2008(122): Americans think that tattoos with Chinese characters are chic, but nine out of ten times they end up with something trivial tattooed on their arm, like rice.

3) [DavidZ] 30-1-2010(53): TIP: This kanji is actually iki (いき), which is one of those Japanese words that cannot be translated. If you can use it correctly, Japanese people will do backflips. See "Iki (aesthetic ideal)" on Wikipedia… STORY: Chic was an American disco band that was truly great – better than 9/10ths of all disco bands… 純粋 [じゅんすい] pure.

4) [paultakatsu] 2-4-2007(25): Right now it is chic for Americans to get kanji for tattoos. Imagine a whole American baseball team showing up in Japan on their first trip and getting the kanji for USA (talk about national pride!). Imagine their expressions when the Japanese see just plain old rice. Look at the long tattoo needle used to put in the tattoo.

5) [rtkrtk] 9-1-2008(13): Wealthy Americans try to look chic by playing the British sport of cricket.

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