潔

Meanings

undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant

ES: claro, puro, limpio, honrado, varonil

Common words

• 清潔せいけつclean, hygienic, sanitary
• 不潔ふけつunclean, dirty, unsanitary, filthy
• 簡潔かんけつconcise, brief, succinct, compact (style)
• 潔いいさぎよいgracious (defeat, apology, etc.), graceful, honourable (e.g. death), noble, gallant, brave, manly, sportsmanlike
• 潔白けっぱくinnocence, guiltlessness, purity, uprightness, integrity
• 潔癖けっぺきfastidiousness, love of cleanliness
• 高潔こうけつnoble, lofty, high-minded, virtuous, upright

Example sentences

• 簡潔かんけつは機知きちの精髄せいずい。

  Brevity is the soul of wit.

  Lo bueno, si breve, dos veces bueno.

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• 不潔ふけつは病気びょうきを生うみ出だす。

  Filth breeds illnesses.

  La inmundicia provoca enfermedades.

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• それを簡潔かんけつにしましょう。

  Let's make it brief.

  Hagámoslo breve.

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• 彼かれはいつも部屋へやを清潔せいけつにしておく。

  He always keeps his room clean.

  Él siempre mantiene su recámara ordenada.

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