kirei

Word
きれいkirei
Meaning
pretty, beautiful; clean
Part of speech
na-adjective
Pronunciation
Course
Japanese
Lesson
い-adjectives and な-adjectives

Usages of kirei

私わたし　は　きれい　です　か？watasi ha kirei desu ka?
Am I pretty?
日に本ほん　は　きれいな　国くに　です。nihon ha 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?
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。tuki ha 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 ha kirei desita keredo, oisiku 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 ha kireina syasin 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。kanozyo ha atarasii 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 ha tiisakute atukute 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。kanozyo ha kireide akai doresu ga hosikatta 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。kanozyo ha kireina onna no hito desita.
She was a beautiful woman.
状じょう況きょう　は　きれい　じゃ　ない。zyoukyou ha kirei zya 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 kanozyo ha kireini utau.
Your girlfriend sings beautifully.
彼かの女じょ　は　元げん気きで　きれい　です。kanozyo ha genkide kirei desu.
She is lively and pretty.
空くう気き　は　きれい　じゃ　なかった。kuuki ha kirei zya 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 ha kirei desu. sikasi, 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 ha kirei desu. demo, oisiku 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 ha utukusii desu. sikasi, sono mizu ha kirei zya 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 ha kirei desyou?
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 ha 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, kimoti ga ii desu.
The room is clean, so it feels nice.
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