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) [Links] (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 [Links]

きれいきれい (n,vs) (chn) (See 綺麗・2) cleaning up; washing up [Links]

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 [Links]
     (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 [Links]
     (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 [Links]

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 [Links]
     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 [Links]

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 [Links]

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 [Links]

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