Illustration: In a modest Japanese home kitchen, a parent has just finished washing both hands and holds them above a spotless sink while a child offers a fresh towel. Clean fingernails and rolled sleeves are clearly visible.

JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

清せい潔けつ

seiketsu

clean, hygienic

Example sentences

  1. その別荘べっそうは清潔せいけつで整然せいぜんとしていた。

    The cottage was clean and tidy.

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  2. 君きみの手ては清潔せいけつですか。

    Are your hands clean?

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  3. 部屋へやを清潔せいけつにしておきなさい。

    Keep your room clean.

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Kanji in 清潔

  • 清pure; purifyOnセイ・ショウ・シンKunきよい・きよまる・きよめる
  • 潔undefiled; pureOnケツKunいさぎよい

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