At Japan's Summer Fireworks, the Whole Crowd Shouts One Word. It Also Means 'Clean'.
To say beautiful / pretty (also: clean) in Japanese, say きれい (kirei).
At Japan's summer fireworks, the whole crowd shouts the same word. It secretly also means 'clean.'
きれい
kirei
beautiful / pretty (also: clean)
In this video
- きれい…きれい！ kirei... kirei! Kirei... kirei!
- きれいですね。 kirei desu ne. It's beautiful, isn't it.
Why this phrase
Seasonal, late-July hanabi. きれい is the go-to 'beautiful' for fireworks, gardens, and plated food, and the very same word means 'clean.' Survival level: one word introduced slowly and repeated.
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