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<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
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<k_ele>
<keb>粋を利かす</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>粋をきかす</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>すいをきかす</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5s;</pos>
<misc>&rare;</misc>
<gloss>to show tact (in relationship matters)</gloss>
<gloss>to be considerate (e.g. of a couple)</gloss>
<gloss>to be thoughtful</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2021-04-22 11:26:18" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>gg5, prog, daijr/s</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-04-22 18:19:16" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-02-27 16:33:46" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>In daijs, unfortunately.

Google returns basically nothing but some dictionary entries.  Almost nonexistent on twitter.
Maybe the rarest term I've yet seen, and can be literally constructed from the meanings of 利かす and 粋 if someone so desires.  

Should be no less valid than 粋を利かせる, with latter not having an entry here because it doesn't have a dedicated dictionary entry.  (I'm currently matching up 利かす and 利かせる entries). I won't try and create 粋を利かせる, but it's a small inconsistency/distraction to have one entry without the other.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>One hit in aozora:
https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/001468/files/51160_41938.html
松島がちょっと粋をきかす。(describing a previous polite comment made by a character)

About 5 hits across all of twitter over the last decade in various forms, predominantly dictionary definition examples.

Top 10 N-grams Lookup for 粋を利 (Frequency Order)
0	  

粋を利かす	0	0.0%
粋をきかす	0	0.0%
すいをきかす	0	0.0%


Top 10 N-grams Lookup for 粋をき (Frequency Order)
粋をきかし	21	     
===below are unrelated
粋をきわめ	269	  
粋をきわめた	189	  
粋をきわめた味わい	25	  
粋をきわめた味わいの	24	  
粋をきわめて	20</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;rare;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-02-27 21:45:29" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-03-01 01:51:43" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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