月つきが綺き麗れいですね

expression

the moon is beautiful, isn't it?

A phrase famously associated with Natsume Sōseki, who reportedly used it as an indirect, poetic way to express 'I love you'. In modern usage, it can be a romantic or literary allusion, but is not a standard expression of affection.

• 「月つきが綺き麗れいですね」は漱そう石せきの逸いつ話わで有ゆう名めいな言こと葉ばだ。

  'The moon is beautiful, isn't it?' is a phrase famous from the anecdote about Sōseki.

• 彼かれは夜よ空ぞらを見み上あげて「月つきが綺き麗れいですね」とつぶやいた。

  He looked up at the night sky and murmured, 'The moon is beautiful, isn't it?'