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麗
Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)
to declaim; to string together all sorts of flowery words
Proverb; Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb)
there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
The Great (e.g. in film and book titles); The Grand
common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus); ring-necked pheasant
capsicum; chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; red pepper
neater (clothing, appearance, etc.); sharper; more businesslike; more formal; more put-together
Food, cooking
kōraimochi; Kagoshima mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste
Irregular past tense conjugation of 綺麗
was pretty; was beautiful; was clean
kirei-sabi; aesthetic based on wabi-sabi with a bigger focus on elegance, associated with the Enshū school of tea ceremony
Supposedly coined by Natsume Sōseki as an indirect translation of the English "I love you"
the moon is beautiful, isn't it?
Rare term
extraordinarily beautiful; exceptionally pretty; gorgeous; magnificent
