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きれい(P); キレイ(P) 《
綺
麗(P); 奇麗(P);
暉
麗(oK)》
(adj-na) (1) (uk) pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair; (adj-na) (2) (uk) clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat; (adj-na) (3) (uk) (as きれいに) completely; entirely; (P)
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[きれい]
[キレイ]
(Name entry:
奇麗
)
(1)
この芋虫が
きれいな
蝶になるのだ。 This caterpillar will become a beautiful butterfly.
(2)
この辺りは空気が
きれい
だよ。 The air is pure around here.
きれいかった; キレイかった 《
綺
麗かった》
(exp) (uk) (ksb:) (irregular past tense conjugation of
綺
麗) (See
綺麗
・1,
綺麗
・2) was pretty; was beautiful; was clean
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[きれいかった]
[キレイかった]
きれいきれい
(n,vs) (chn) (See
綺麗
・2) cleaning up; washing up
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きれいごと 《
綺
麗事; 奇麗事; きれい事;
綺
麗ごと; 奇麗ごと》
(n) (1) (uk) whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (n) (2) (original meaning) deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
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(1)
高額品の値下げなどと
きれいごと
をいっても、結局のところ新消費税への風当たりを和らげる口実にすぎない。 The reduced price of luxury goods is just window dressing to make the new consumption tax look better.
きれいさっぱり 《
綺
麗さっぱり; 奇麗さっぱり》
(adv,adv-to,vs,adj-na) (1) (uk) once and for all; completely; (adv,adv-to,vs) (2) spotlessly
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(1)
番号を
奇麗さっぱり
忘れてしまった。 I completely forgot the number.
綺
麗さび; きれい寂び;
綺
麗寂び 【きれいさび】
(n) (See
わびさび
,
遠州流
・1) kirei-sabi; aesthetic based on wabi-sabi with a bigger focus on elegance, associated with the Enshū school of tea ceremony
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[綺麗さび]
[きれい寂び]
[綺麗寂び]
きれい好き;
綺
麗好き; 奇麗好き 【きれいずき】
(n,adj-na) love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
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[きれい好き]
[綺麗好き]
[奇麗好き]
みつなは
綺麗好き
だから、よく自ら進んで掃除をしています。 Mitsuna is very tidy so she often cleans up without being asked.
綺
麗どころ;
綺
麗所; 奇麗どころ; 奇麗所 【きれいどころ; きれいどこ(
綺
麗所,奇麗所)】
(n) (1) geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; (n) (2) dressed-up beautiful woman
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[綺麗どころ]
[綺麗所]
[奇麗どころ]
[奇麗所]
綺
麗な
薔
薇
には
棘
がある;
綺
麗な
薔
薇
には刺がある 【きれいなばらにはとげがある】
(exp,v5r-i) (proverb) there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn
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[綺麗な薔薇には棘がある]
[綺麗な薔薇には刺がある]
きれいめ; キレイメ 《きれい目; 奇麗め; 奇麗目》
(adj-na) (uk) neater (clothing, appearance, etc.); sharper; more businesslike; more formal; more put-together
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