綺麗 (きれい) Japanese meaning | Kotomoraです
ね
。
She is very pretty, isn't she?
Usage patterns
〈場所〉を綺麗にするto clean up/tidy a place
I clean my room every Saturday.
綺麗に食べるto eat up completely, leaving nothing behind
The child ate even the vegetables completely, leaving nothing.
綺麗になるto become pretty/beautiful, or to become clean
She grew up and became beautiful.
綺麗に洗うto wash something thoroughly clean
Please wash your hands thoroughly.
Expressions
綺麗かったwas pretty; was beautiful; was clean
綺麗 is a colloquial na-adjective meaning 'clean' or 'beautiful', whereas 清い stresses a deeper moral or spiritual purity rather than mere tidiness.
きれい is the everyday, casual word for “pretty” or “beautiful,” whereas ビューティフル is a flashier loanword rarely used in ordinary conversation.
きれい is the everyday word for 'clean/pretty', while 清らか is more literary and often implies moral or spiritual purity as well.
綺麗さび
kirei-sabi; elegant wabi-sabi aesthetic
geisha · dressed-up beauty; gorgeous woman
once and for all; completely; thoroughly · spotlessly; cleanly; neatly
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Uncommon variant kanji form.
