also: けうら
elegant beauty; dazzling beauty
Archaic noun and adjectival noun describing refined, radiant beauty. Found in classical Japanese poetry and literature. Modern equivalents include 清らか (きよらか) or 美しい.
In an old poem, it was composed as 'the elegant moon'.
'Kiyora' was used in Heian-period literature to describe a woman's beauty.
Archaic kanji form; the reading きよら is the standard for this spelling.
Kana spelling for the archaic reading きよら.
Archaic reading variant; historical kana usage.
Derived from classical Japanese. The root 清 (kiyo) meaning 'pure' combines with the suffix ら, which forms adjectival nouns. The reading けうら is a historical kana variant.