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奇麗

きれい

pretty; beautiful; clean; tidy; neat

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Examples

  1. 奇麗な花ですね。

    きれいなはなですね。

    What a pretty flower.

  2. この辺りは空気が奇麗だよ。

    このあたりはくうきがきれいだよ。

    The air is clean around here.

  3. 部屋を奇麗に片づけた。

    へやをきれいにかたづけた。

    I tidied the room up nicely.

  4. 借金は奇麗さっぱり返してしまった。

    しゃっきんはきれいさっぱりかえしてしまった。

    I paid the debt off, every last yen of it.

Common patterns

奇麗な字
neat handwriting
奇麗にする
to clean up; to make tidy
奇麗さっぱり
completely; cleanly and for good

Memory tip

A な-adjective despite ending in い — 奇麗な人, never 奇麗い. Usually written きれい or 綺麗; 奇麗 is the simpler variant. Remember it covers "clean" as well as "beautiful": 部屋がきれい means tidy, not gorgeous.

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