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Word of the Day

異(い)国(こく)趣(しゅ)味(み)

Rank #185,788

Found in 3 VNs · 11 total media

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Meanings

taste for the exotic
infatuation with a foreign way of life
exoticism

Pitch accent

Forms

異国趣味

100.0%

いこくしゅみ

Example Sentences

from Jiten

長身の上に容姿端麗な外国人、しかも異国趣味な褐色の肌と来れば人目を惹かない方がおかしい。

Source: Zero Infinity -Devil of Maxwell-

「私にも多少の異国趣味と、チェスの趣味がありましてな。

Source: Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs

Kanji

異

curious, different, queerness, strangeness, uncommon, unusual, wonderful

Heisig: uncommon

N2Grade 611 strokes#540 freq

On'yomi

イ

Kun'yomi

け、こと、こと.なる

Common Compounds

異端(いたん)heresy

相異(そうい)difference, discrepancy, variation

異常

Conjugations

Noun

Plain異国趣味だ

Is (plain)

Polite異国趣味です

Is (polite)

Negative異国趣味じゃない

Is not (plain)

Past異国趣味だった

Was (plain)

Past polite異国趣味でした

Was (polite)

Te-form異国趣味で

Connective

Conditional異国趣味なら(ば)

If it is

As subject異国趣味が

Subject marker

As topic異国趣味は

Topic marker

As object異国趣味を

Object marker

Possessive異国趣味の

Of / belonging to

Related VNDB Tags

Tags common across the top 50 VNs where this word appears most

Unique Routesin 2 VNs Third-person Narrativein 2 VNs Bloody Scenesin 2 VNs Protagonist with Voice Actingin 2 VNs Heroine with Sexual Experiencein 2 VNs NVLin 2 VNs Romancein 3 VNs

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Word data and example sentences provided by Jiten.

Kanji details and compound words from KanjiAPI. Visual novel data from VNDB.

Dictionary data from JMdict, KANJIDIC, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group’s licence.

いこくしゅみ○

Most found in

Kagerou Touryuuki

1 occurrences

Most found in

Kagerou Touryuuki

1 occurrences

(いじょう)

strangeness, abnormality, disorder

特異(とくい)unique, peculiar, singular

異動(いどう)(personnel) change, transfer, relocation

異る(ことなる)to differ, to be different, to disagree

殊に(ことに)additionally

異性(いせい)isomerism

国

country

Heisig: country

N4Grade 28 strokes#235 freq

On'yomi

コク

Kun'yomi

くに

Common Compounds

国々(くにぐに)countries

国名(こくめい)country name

国交(こっこう)diplomatic relations

入国(にゅうこく)entry into a country

外国(がいこく)foreign country

国旗(こっき)national flag

国力(こくりょく)national power

国税(こくぜい)national tax

趣

become, elegance, gist, interest, proceed to, purport, tend

Heisig: gist

N1Junior high15 strokes#985 freq

On'yomi

シュ

Kun'yomi

おもむ.く、おもむき

Common Compounds

趣味(しゅみ)hobby, pastime

主旨(しゅし)meaning, point (e.g. of a statement), gist

趣き(おもむき)appearance, aspect

趣向(しゅこう)taste, liking, preference

赴く(おもむく)to become, to face (facts, circumstances, etc.)

趣意書(しゅいしょ)prospectus

味

flavor, taste

Heisig: flavor

N3Grade 38 strokes#86 freq

On'yomi

ミ

Kun'yomi

あじ、あじ.わう

Common Compounds

苦み(にがみ)bitterness, bitter taste

深み(ふかみ)depth, deep place

興味(きょうみ)interest (in something), curiosity (about something), zest (for)

意味(いみ)meaning, significance, sense

味覚(みかく)taste, palate, sense of taste

弱み(よわみ)(a) weakness, shortcoming, failing

趣味(しゅみ)hobby, pastime

丸み(まるみ)mellowness, maturity

Male Protagonist

in 3 VNs

game cartridge

valiant; brave; bold

Red List (e.g. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species)

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