How to say pretty in Japanese

きれいkireioldキレイKIREI Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair
  • clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat
  • completely; entirely - as きれいに

Example Sentences

これkorehaとてもtotemoおもしろomoshiroそうsoudanetoひろしhiroshiga言いますiimasu
"This looks pretty interesting," Hiroshi says.
「pretty」no綴りtsuzuriha
How do you spell "pretty"?
ひょんなhyonnaことkotoからkaraほんとうhontounoことkotogaわかったwakattaんだndaほとんどhotondotewo引きhikiかけたkaketaときtokini
I tumbled on the truth by the merest accident, when I'd pretty nearly chucked the whole job.
ワタシWATASHIha背が低いsegahikuiのでnodetananoueまでmade見られないmirarenaiのでnodeほぼhobo手探りtesaguride拭くfukuわけwakeですdesu
I'm short, so I can't see on top of the shelves and so I pretty much dust by touch.
買い物kaimonono割にwarini遅かったosokattanaどこぞdokozodeよろしくやっていたyoroshikuyatteitanoka
You're pretty late to have just gone shopping. Have you been making out someplace?

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