清
セイ • ショウ • シン
きよ.い • きよ.まる • きよ.める
pure; purify; cleanse; exorcise; Manchu dynasty
Words
清掃員
せいそういん
- cleaner; janitor n
清水の舞台から飛び降りる
きよみずのぶたいからとびおりる
- to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple exp v1 id
和敬清寂
わけいせいじゃく
- harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony n yoji
無垢清浄
むくせいじょう
- pure and innocent; immaculate n adj-na yoji
百年河清
ひゃくねんかせい
- waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; when the sky falls, we shall catch larks exp yoji