潔い
いさぎよい · isagiyoi
Gracious (defeat, apology, etc.), graceful, honourable (e.g. death), noble, gallant, brave, manly, sportsmanlike
- upright, righteous, honest, pure (heart), innocent
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falls after mora 4 · what is pitch accent?
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Conjugation
| Negative (ない形) | 潔くないいさぎよくない |
| Past (た形) | 潔かったいさぎよかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 潔くなかったいさぎよくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 潔くていさぎよくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 潔くいさぎよく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 潔いいさぎよい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 潔ければいさぎよければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 潔かったらいさぎよかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 潔くなるいさぎよくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 潔すぎるいさぎよすぎる |
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What does 潔い mean?
Gracious (defeat, apology, etc.), graceful, honourable (e.g. death), noble, gallant, brave, manly, sportsmanlike. It can also mean: upright, righteous, honest, pure (heart), innocent.
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いさぎよい (isagiyoi). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 4. Press Listen above to hear it.
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