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綺麗

綺麗

See also: 绮丽

Chinese

beautiful; open-work silk beautiful; Korea
trad. (綺麗)
simp. (绮丽)

Adjective

綺麗

  1. gorgeous; beautiful; enchanting

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
れい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Adjectival noun

綺麗 (-na inflection, hiragana きれい, romaji kirei)

  1. pretty, pure, beautiful
    あの綺麗 (きれい) (おんな) () ()っていますか。
    Ano kirei na onnanoko o shitteimasu ka.
    Do you know that pretty girl?
  2. clean; tidy; neat
    部屋 (へや)をきれいにする
    heya o kirei ni suru
    to tidy up one's room
  3. fair, impartial
  4. complete

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References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.