幅を利かす

はばをきかす

to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

気を利かす

きをきかす

to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint

顔を利かす

かおをきかす

to use one's influence

どすを利かす

どすをきかす

to threaten

凄みを利かす

すごみをきかす

to threaten, to intimidate

利かす

きかす

to season, to enliven

粋

いき すい

chic, smart, stylish, tasteful, refined, sophisticated, worldly

粋を集める

すいをあつめる

to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop

権利を侵す

けんりをおかす

to infringe upon someone's right

国粋

こくすい

national characteristics

純粋

じゅんすい

pure, true, genuine, unmixed

無粋

ぶすい

boorish, inelegant, unpolished, unromantic

粋筋

red-light district; pleasure quarters

小粋

こいき しょういき

stylish, smart, chic, tasteful, snappy, dapper

生粋

きっすい

pure, genuine, natural-born

抜粋

ばっすい

extract, excerpt, selection

粋狂

すいきょう

whim, vagary, capriciousness, eccentricity

清粋

せいすい きよしいき

elegance

粋人

すいじん

man of the world