"綺麗" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [kʲiɾe̞ː]
Etymology: Ultimately from written Chinese 綺麗, 奇麗／绮丽, 奇丽. First attested in Japanese in the 1200s. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|zh|綺麗, 奇麗|sort=きれい}} Chinese 綺麗, 奇麗／绮丽, 奇丽 Head templates: {{ja-adj|きれい|infl=na}} 綺(き)麗(れい) • (kirei) -na (adnominal 綺(き)麗(れい)な (kirei na), adverbial 綺(き)麗(れい)に (kirei ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら（ば）|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=きれい|lemma=綺麗|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 綺麗 [canonical] (ruby: 綺(き), 麗(れい)), kirei [romanization], 綺麗な [adnominal] (ruby: 綺(き), 麗(れい)), 綺麗に [adverbial] (ruby: 綺(き), 麗(れい)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 綺麗だろ [imperfective, stem], きれいだろ [imperfective, stem], kirei daro [imperfective], 綺麗で [continuative, stem], きれいで [continuative, stem], kirei de [continuative], 綺麗だ [stem, terminative], きれいだ [stem, terminative], kirei da [terminative], 綺麗な [attributive, stem], きれいな [attributive, stem], kirei na [attributive], 綺麗なら [hypothetical, stem], きれいなら [hypothetical, stem], kirei nara [hypothetical], 綺麗であれ [imperative, stem], きれいであれ [imperative, stem], kirei de are [imperative], 綺麗ではない [informal, negative], 綺麗じゃない [informal, negative], きれいではない [informal, negative], きれいじゃない [informal, negative], kirei de wa nai [informal, negative], kirei ja nai [informal, negative], 綺麗だった [informal, past], きれいだった [informal, past], kirei datta [informal, past], 綺麗ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 綺麗じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], きれいではなかった [informal, negative, past], きれいじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], kirei de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], kirei ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 綺麗です [formal], きれいです [formal], kirei desu [formal], 綺麗ではありません [formal, negative], 綺麗じゃありません [formal, negative], きれいではありません [formal, negative], きれいじゃありません [formal, negative], kirei de wa arimasen [formal, negative], kirei ja arimasen [formal, negative], 綺麗でした [formal, past], きれいでした [formal, past], kirei deshita [formal, past], 綺麗ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 綺麗じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], きれいではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], きれいじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], kirei de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], kirei ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 綺麗で [conjunctive], きれいで [conjunctive], kirei de [conjunctive], 綺麗なら（ば） [conditional], きれいなら（ば） [conditional], kirei nara (ba) [conditional], 綺麗だったら [conditional, past], きれいだったら [conditional, past], kirei dattara [conditional, past], 綺麗だろう [volitional], きれいだろう [volitional], kirei darō [volitional], 綺麗に [adverbial], きれいに [adverbial], kirei ni [adverbial], 綺麗さ [noun-from-adj], きれいさ [noun-from-adj], kireisa [noun-from-adj]
  1. pretty, gorgeous, beautiful Synonyms: 美しい, 麗しい, きれか [dialectal]
    Sense id: en-綺麗-ja-adj-8J0t~MyR
  2. clear, clean, pure Synonyms: 清浄 (english: pure), 清らか (english: clean, clear (as of water)), すっきり
    Sense id: en-綺麗-ja-adj-9wveVVtl
  3. clean, not dirty Synonyms: 清潔, すっきり
    Sense id: en-綺麗-ja-adj-WK0AT05v
  4. tidy, neat, everything put away Synonyms: さっぱり
    Sense id: en-綺麗-ja-adj-2W~IKhTR Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 1 2 67 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 18 1 3 69 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 18 1 3 69 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 21 0 4 55 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 2 6 63 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 17 1 3 71 8
  5. fair, impartial, of clear conscience
    Sense id: en-綺麗-ja-adj-NWnpkVhx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 口綺麗 (kuchigirei) (ruby: 口(くち), 綺(ぎ), 麗(れい)), 小綺麗 (kogirei) (ruby: 小(こ), 綺(ぎ), 麗(れい)), 手綺麗 (tegirei) (ruby: 手(て), 綺(ぎ), 麗(れい)), 身綺麗 (migirei) (ruby: 身(み), 綺(ぎ), 麗(れい)) 
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  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from written Chinese 綺麗, 奇麗／绮丽, 奇丽. First attested in Japanese in the 1200s.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "綺麗",
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          "綺",
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      "form": "kirei",
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      "form": "綺麗に",
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "綺麗だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "きれいだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗なら（ば）",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいなら（ば）",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kireisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "きれい",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "綺(き)麗(れい) • (kirei) -na (adnominal 綺(き)麗(れい)な (kirei na), adverbial 綺(き)麗(れい)に (kirei ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら（ば）",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "きれい",
        "lemma": "綺麗",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kuchigirei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "口",
          "くち"
        ],
        [
          "綺",
          "ぎ"
        ],
        [
          "麗",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "口綺麗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kogirei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "綺",
          "ぎ"
        ],
        [
          "麗",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小綺麗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tegirei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "綺",
          "ぎ"
        ],
        [
          "麗",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "手綺麗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "migirei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "身",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "綺",
          "ぎ"
        ],
        [
          "麗",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "身綺麗"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a beautiful sky",
          "roman": "kirei na sora",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "綺麗",
              "きれい"
            ],
            [
              "空",
              "そら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "綺麗な空",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a beautiful sound",
          "roman": "kirei na oto",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "綺麗",
              "きれい"
            ],
            [
              "音",
              "おと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "綺麗な音",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pretty, gorgeous, beautiful"
      ],
      "id": "en-綺麗-ja-adj-8J0t~MyR",
      "links": [
        [
          "pretty",
          "pretty"
        ],
        [
          "gorgeous",
          "gorgeous"
        ],
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "美しい"
        },
        {
          "word": "麗しい"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "きれか"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clear, clean, pure"
      ],
      "id": "en-綺麗-ja-adj-9wveVVtl",
      "links": [
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ],
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "pure",
          "word": "清浄"
        },
        {
          "english": "clean, clear (as of water)",
          "word": "清らか"
        },
        {
          "word": "すっきり"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clean, not dirty"
      ],
      "id": "en-綺麗-ja-adj-WK0AT05v",
      "links": [
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ],
        [
          "dirty",
          "dirty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "清潔"
        },
        {
          "word": "すっきり"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 1 2 67 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 1 3 69 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 1 3 69 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 0 4 55 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 2 6 63 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 1 3 71 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to tidy up one's room",
          "roman": "heya o kirei ni suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "部屋",
              "へや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "部屋をきれいにする",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This label can be peeled off cleanly.",
          "roman": "Kono raberu wa kirei ni hagasemasu.",
          "text": "このラベルはきれいにはがせます。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tidy, neat, everything put away"
      ],
      "id": "en-綺麗-ja-adj-2W~IKhTR",
      "links": [
        [
          "tidy",
          "tidy"
        ],
        [
          "neat",
          "neat"
        ],
        [
          "put away",
          "put away"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "さっぱり"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fair, impartial, of clear conscience"
      ],
      "id": "en-綺麗-ja-adj-NWnpkVhx",
      "links": [
        [
          "fair",
          "fair"
        ],
        [
          "impartial",
          "impartial"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "conscience",
          "conscience"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "きれー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲiɾe̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "綺麗"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms derived from Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "綺麗, 奇麗",
        "sort": "きれい"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 綺麗, 奇麗／绮丽, 奇丽",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from written Chinese 綺麗, 奇麗／绮丽, 奇丽. First attested in Japanese in the 1200s.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "綺麗",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "綺",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "麗",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗な",
      "roman": "kirei na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "綺",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "麗",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗に",
      "roman": "kirei ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "綺",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "麗",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗なら（ば）",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいなら（ば）",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirei ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "綺麗さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きれいさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kireisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "きれい",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "綺(き)麗(れい) • (kirei) -na (adnominal 綺(き)麗(れい)な (kirei na), adverbial 綺(き)麗(れい)に (kirei ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら（ば）",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "きれい",
        "lemma": "綺麗",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kuchigirei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "口",
          "くち"
        ],
        [
          "綺",
          "ぎ"
        ],
        [
          "麗",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "口綺麗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kogirei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "綺",
          "ぎ"
        ],
        [
          "麗",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小綺麗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tegirei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "綺",
          "ぎ"
        ],
        [
          "麗",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "手綺麗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "migirei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "身",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "綺",
          "ぎ"
        ],
        [
          "麗",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "身綺麗"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a beautiful sky",
          "roman": "kirei na sora",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "綺麗",
              "きれい"
            ],
            [
              "空",
              "そら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "綺麗な空",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a beautiful sound",
          "roman": "kirei na oto",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "綺麗",
              "きれい"
            ],
            [
              "音",
              "おと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "綺麗な音",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pretty, gorgeous, beautiful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pretty",
          "pretty"
        ],
        [
          "gorgeous",
          "gorgeous"
        ],
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "美しい"
        },
        {
          "word": "麗しい"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "きれか"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clear, clean, pure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ],
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "pure",
          "word": "清浄"
        },
        {
          "english": "clean, clear (as of water)",
          "word": "清らか"
        },
        {
          "word": "すっきり"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clean, not dirty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ],
        [
          "dirty",
          "dirty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "清潔"
        },
        {
          "word": "すっきり"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to tidy up one's room",
          "roman": "heya o kirei ni suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "部屋",
              "へや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "部屋をきれいにする",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This label can be peeled off cleanly.",
          "roman": "Kono raberu wa kirei ni hagasemasu.",
          "text": "このラベルはきれいにはがせます。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tidy, neat, everything put away"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tidy",
          "tidy"
        ],
        [
          "neat",
          "neat"
        ],
        [
          "put away",
          "put away"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "さっぱり"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fair, impartial, of clear conscience"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fair",
          "fair"
        ],
        [
          "impartial",
          "impartial"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "conscience",
          "conscience"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "きれー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲiɾe̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "綺麗"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 綺麗 meaning in Japanese (10.6kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "綺麗"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "綺麗",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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