清潔

• 読み: せいけつ
• ローマ字: seiketsu
• 漢字の分解: 清 (sei) — pure, clean; 潔 (ketsu) — clean, pure
• 発音: /seː.ke.tsɯ/

意味

Clean; hygienic; sanitary. Free from dirt or contamination.

A na-adjective (清潔な) used for both physical cleanliness and moral purity. Common in health, food service, and daily hygiene contexts. 清潔感 (seiketsu-kan, a sense of cleanliness) is an important concept in Japanese social life, especially regarding personal appearance.

例文

1. レストランのキッチンは清潔に保たなければならない。
2. 清潔な服装で面接に臨んだ。
3. 手を清潔にすることが風邪の予防になる。

使い方ガイド

場面: hygiene, health, appearance

トーン: positive

起源と歴史

Compound of 清 (sei, pure/clean) and 潔 (ketsu, clean/pure). Both characters relate to purity, creating an emphatic sense of cleanliness.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal