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潔いいさぎよい～い Adj.Freq #7532
1

gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; honourable (e.g. death); noble; gallant; brave; manly; sportsmanlike

Examples
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.
2

Dated term

upright; righteous; honest; pure (heart); innocent

3

Archaic

unspoiled (scenery, etc.); pure; clean

潔白けっぱくNoun～な Adj.Freq #17249
1

innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity

Examples
私は彼が潔白だと断言した。
I affirmed that he was innocent.
潔癖けっぺきNoun～な Adj.Freq #21872
1

fastidiousness; love of cleanliness

潔癖症けっぺきしょうNounFreq #44173
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.

2

clean-freak

潔癖性けっぺきしょうNoun～の Adj.Freq #80691
1

obsession with cleanliness; fastidiousness

潔しとしない屑しとしないいさぎよしとしない～い Adj.ExpressionFreq #92369
1

find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)

Examples
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.
潔斎けっさいNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #99077
1

religious abstinence; purification

潔しとせずいさぎよしとせずExpressionFreq #125490
1

find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)

潔しいさぎよしNounFreq #165334
1

pride; disdain

清潔せいけつNoun～な Adj.Freq #7451
1

clean; hygienic; sanitary

Examples
その別荘は清潔で整然としていた。
The cottage was clean and tidy.
2

pure; virtuous; immaculate

簡潔かんけつ～な Adj.Freq #7644
1

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

Examples
簡潔は機知の精髄。
Brevity is the soul of wit.
不潔ふけつNoun～な Adj.Freq #15859
1

unclean; dirty; unsanitary; filthy

Examples
レストランの不潔な皿に私達は吐き気を催させられた。
The dirty plates in the restaurant disgusted us.
2

indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene; immoral

純潔じゅんけつNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #16638
1

purity; chastity

Examples
ゆりの白さは純潔の象徴だ。
The whiteness of the lily is a symbol of purity.
高潔こうけつNoun～な Adj.Freq #18166
1

noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright

Examples
このシンボルは強さと高潔さを表す。
This symbol stands for strength and integrity.
清潔感せいけつかんNounFreq #25539
1

(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness; clean impression

清廉潔白せいれんけっぱくNoun～な Adj.四字熟語Freq #32769
1

spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness

Examples
清廉潔白できこえた彼が、汚職なんかに手を染めるわけない。
He has a reputation as being straight as an arrow. He'd never get involved in corruption.
貞潔ていけつNoun～な Adj.Freq #83128
1

chastity; purity

簡潔明瞭かんけつめいりょうNoun～な Adj.四字熟語Freq #92242
1

clear and concise

精進潔斎しょうじんけっさいNounIntransitive～する Verb四字熟語Freq #109378
1

purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat

廉潔れんけつNoun～な Adj.Freq #109680
1

honest; incorruptible; integrity

清浄潔白せいじょうけっぱくNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.四字熟語Freq #127612
1

upright and clean-handed; pure in heart and with a clean conscience

不潔恐怖症ふけつきょうふしょうNounFreq #288681
1

mysophobia; germophobia

純潔教育じゅんけつきょういくNoun
1

education in sexual morality

品性高潔ひんせいこうけつNoun～な Adj.
1

Rare term

of noble character; of virtuous character