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    3. 清明

    清明

    清せい明めい

    pure and clear

    KMT10News #36+1Nature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab19 strokes

    せいめい

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    pure and clear

    Noun

    2.
    "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5)

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    清せい明めいの空そらは澄すみ渡わたっていた。

    The sky on Seimei was clear and bright.

    KMT8Nature & Environment
    清せい明めいの候こう、皆みな様さまいかがお過すごしでしょうか。

    In this clear and bright season, how are you all doing? (Formal greeting)

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    心こころを清せい明めいに保たもつことは、精せい神しん的てきな健けん康こうに繋つながる。

    Keeping one's mind pure and clear leads to mental health.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & HealthReligion & Philosophy
    清せい明めいの時じ期きは、草くさ木きが芽め吹ぶき、自し然ぜんが活い気きづく。

    During the Seimei period, plants sprout and nature becomes vibrant.

    KMT10Nature & Environment
    沖おき縄なわでは清せい明めい祭さいというお墓はか参まいりの行ぎょう事じがある。

    In Okinawa, there is an ancestral worship event called Seimei-sai.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    清
    きよ.い・きよ.まる・きよ.める…(10)
    pure・purify・cleanse・exorcise・Manchu dynasty
    明
    あ.かり・あか.るい・あか.るむ・あか.らむ・あき.らか・あ.ける…(18)
    bright・light
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