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Learn Japanese: kirei - pretty, beautiful; clean

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/い-adjectives and な-adjectives
/kirei

kirei

Word

きれいkirei

Meaning

pretty, beautiful; clean

Part of speech

na-adjective

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

い-adjectives and な-adjectives

Usages of kirei

私わたし　は　きれい　です　か。watashi wa kirei desu ka.

日に本ほん　は　きれいな　国くに　です。nihon wa kireina kuni desu.

Japan is a beautiful country.

どれ　が　きれい　です　か。dore ga kirei desu ka.

Which one is beautiful?

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

きれい　です　ね。　〜　そう　です　ね。kirei desu ne. 〜 sou desu ne.

(She)'s pretty, isn't she?
- That's so, isn't it.

月つき　は　きれい　です　ね。tsuki wa kirei desu ne.

The moon is beautiful, isn't it?

りんご　は　きれい　でした　けれど、　おいしく　なかった　です。ringo wa kirei deshita keredo, oishiku nakatta desu.

The apple was pretty, but it was not delicious.

それ　は　きれいな　写しゃ真しん　です。sore wa kireina shashin desu.

That is a beautiful picture.

彼かの女じょ　は　新あたらしい　絵え　が　とても　きれい　です。kanojo wa atarashii e ga totemo kirei desu.

Her new paintings are really beautiful.

その　国くに　は　小ちいさくて　暑あつくて　きれい　です。sono kuni wa chiisakute atsukute kirei desu.

That country is small, hot, and beautiful.

彼かの女じょ　は　きれいで　赤あかい　ドレス　が　ほしかった　です。kanojo wa kireide akai doresu ga hoshikatta desu.

She wanted a beautiful, red dress.

彼かの女じょ　は　きれいな　女おんな　の　人ひと　でした。kanojo wa kireina onna no hito deshita.

She was a beautiful woman.

状じょう況きょう　は　きれい　じゃ　ない。joukyou wa kirei ja nai.

The situation is not pretty.

あなた　の　彼かの女じょ　は　きれいに　歌うたう。anata no kanojo wa kireini utau.

Your girlfriend sings beautifully.

彼かの女じょ　は　元げん気きで　きれい　です。kanojo wa genkide kirei desu.

She is lively and pretty.

空くう気き　は　きれい　じゃ　なかった。kuuki wa kirei ja nakatta.

The air was not clean.

きれいにkireini

beautifully; cleanly

車くるま　は　きれい　です。　しかし、　高たかい　です。kuruma wa kirei desu. shikashi, takai desu.

The car is beautiful. However, it is expensive.

この　りんご　は　きれい　です。　でも、　おいしく　ない　です。kono ringo wa kirei desu. demo, oishiku nai desu.

This apple is pretty, but it's not delicious.

その　川かわ　は　美うつくしい　です。　しかし、　その　水みず　は　きれい　じゃ　ありません。sono kawa wa utsukushii desu. shikashi, sono mizu wa kirei ja arimasen.

That river is beautiful. However, its water is not clean.

その　花はな　は　きれい　でしょう？sono hana wa kirei deshou?

That flower is pretty, isn't it?

きれい　だ　なあ。kirei da naa.

It's so beautiful.

なあ is used here to express emotional emphasis

夕ゆう方がた　の　空そら　は　とても　きれい　です。yuugata no sora wa totemo kirei desu.

The evening sky is very beautiful.

部へ屋や　が　きれい　で、　気き持もち　が　いい　です。heya ga kirei de, kimochi ga ii desu.

The room is clean, so it feels nice.

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