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KANJI
潔
pure
clean, immaculate, undefiled, chaste
Kun'yomi
いさぎよisagiyo
On'yomi
けつketsu
Example sentences
彼かれは自分じぶんの過あやまちを潔いさぎよく認みとめた。
He gracefully admitted his mistake.
その説明せつめいは簡潔かんけつで分わかりやすかった。
That explanation was concise and easy to understand.
彼かれは自分じぶんの潔白けっぱくを証明しょうめいするために戦たたかった。
He fought to prove his innocence.

Practice exercises

1
清せい潔
cleanliness; hygiene; clean
Answer
せいけつ
2
潔
Answer
けついさぎよ
3
潔
Answer
purecleanundefiledhonorable
4
潔癖ぺき
fastidiousness; neat freak; scrupulous cleanliness
Answer
けっぺき
5
潔白ぱく
innocence; purity; integrity
Answer
けっぱく
6
潔癖ぺき症しょう
mysophobia; fastidiousness; obsessive compulsive disorder for cleanliness
Answer
けっぺきしょう