I-adjective (keiyoushi)
gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; honourable (e.g. death); noble; gallant; brave; manly; sportsmanlike
出処進退の潔さをわきまえている、と彼は言っているけれど、いざとなったらどうだかね。He always talks as though he knows how to handle himself but you never know how he'll act when the chips are down. upright; righteous; honest; pure (heart); innocent
Dated term
unspoiled (scenery, etc.); pure; clean
Archaic
188 results for 潔
潔
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Dictionary and index codes (32)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 3a12.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3719.3 | Four corner code |
| 341 | deroo |
| 6f54 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-23-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 2698 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3332 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 744 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 920 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 519 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 678 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1548 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1668 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1397 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2615 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 672 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 18231X | Morohashi |
| 659 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1241 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1307 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 767 | sakade |
| 1500 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 686 | henshall3 |
| 806 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 753 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1249 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1562 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| jie2 | Pinyin reading |
| gyeol | Korean reading |
| n1 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 28 | WaniKani level |
More words
All 9潔白けっぱく
CommonNoun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
潔癖けっぺき
CommonNoun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)fastidiousness; love of cleanliness · uprightness; integrity; scrupulousness; probity; intolerance of dishonesty
潔しとしないいさぎよしとしない
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
潔斎けっさい
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbreligious abstinence; purification
潔しいさぎよし
Nounpride; disdain
Words starting with 潔
潔いいさぎよい
CommonI-adjective (keiyoushi)gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; honourable (e.g. death); noble; gallant; brave; manly; sportsmanlike · upright; righteous; honest; pure (heart); innocent · unspoiled (scenery, etc.); pure; clean
潔癖けっぺき
CommonNoun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)fastidiousness; love of cleanliness · uprightness; integrity; scrupulousness; probity; intolerance of dishonesty
潔白けっぱく
CommonNoun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
潔しいさぎよし
Nounpride; disdain
潔斎けっさい
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbreligious abstinence; purification
Words ending in 潔
清潔せいけつ
CommonN3Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounclean; hygienic; sanitary · pure; virtuous; immaculate
不潔ふけつ
CommonN2Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noununclean; dirty; unsanitary; filthy · indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene; immoral
簡潔かんけつ
CommonN1Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
高潔こうけつ
CommonNa-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounnoble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
廉潔れんけつ
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounhonest; incorruptible; integrity
Sentences
All 13アクが出なくなったら清潔な瓶にシロップを戻し冷蔵庫で保存します。
When the scum stops appearing pour the syrup back into a clean bottle and keep it in the fridge.
簡潔は機知の精髄。
Brevity is the soul of wit.
その兵士は丸腰の兵士を撃つことを潔しとしなかった。
The soldier disdained shooting an unarmed enemy.
Names
All 165潔いさお
Given nameIsao
潔いさぎ
Female term or languageIsagi
潔きょじ
Unclassified nameKyoji