Languages › Japanese Kirei How to Say "Pretty" in Japanese Share Flipboard Email Print Hakase_/Getty Images Japanese Essential Japanese Vocabulary History & Culture Japanese Grammar By Namiko Abe Namiko Abe Japanese Language Expert B.A., Kwansei Gakuin University Namiko Abe is a Japanese language teacher and translator, as well as a Japanese calligraphy expert. She has been a freelance writer for nearly 20 years. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on March 19, 2019 The word "Kirei" means pretty in Japanese. Read on to learn how it's pronounced as well as how to write it using Japanese characters. Pronunciation Listen to the audio file for "Kirei" and practice the correct pronunciation. Japanese Characters きれい。 Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Abe, Namiko. "Kirei." ThoughtCo, Feb. 16, 2021, thoughtco.com/kirei-simple-japanese-phrases-2028399. Abe, Namiko. (2021, February 16). Kirei. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/kirei-simple-japanese-phrases-2028399 Abe, Namiko. "Kirei." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/kirei-simple-japanese-phrases-2028399 (accessed June 4, 2023). copy citation