essence, the best, cream...

pure, true, genuine...

extract, excerpt, selection

pure, genuine, trueborn...

national characteristics

boorish, inelegant, unpolished...

boorish, inelegant, unpolished...

stylish, smart, chic...

pure, genuine, trueborn...

person of refined tastes, sophisticated person, man of the world...

whim, caprice, vagary...

to be pretentious, to put on airs, to try to appear smart...

red-light district, pleasure quarters, love affair...

to be pretentious, to put on airs, to try to appear smart...

elegance

purity, unselfishness

man of well-cultivated tastes

stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.), sophistication...

nationalism, extreme patriotism

delicate judgment, delicate judgement

to show tact (in relationship matters), to be considerate (e.g. of a couple), to be thoughtful

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

to show tact (in relationship matters), to be considerate (e.g. of a couple), to be thoughtful

the cream (pink) of fashion

nationalistic, ultranationalistic

too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes), playing the dandy ruins a man

clean (pure) culture

pure and innocent, immaculate

(Kantian) pure reason

unaided recall