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Zach

潔い

潔よいいさぎ良い

Reading

Kana: いさぎよい
Romaji: isagiyoi
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Definitions

1

manly; sportsmanlike; gracious; gallant; resolute; brave

2

pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; blameless

3

unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); pure; clean

Note: archaism

Kanji

Readings: ケツ、 いさぎよ.い
Meanings: undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant
Readings: リョウ、 よ.い、 -よ.い、 い.い、 -い.い
Meanings: good, pleasing, skilled

Example Sentences

(きみ)(いさぎよ)辞任(じにん)すべきだ。
➥You should do the honorable thing and resign.
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(かれ)はすべてを(あき)らかにして(いさぎよ)責任(せきにん)()るべきです。
➥He should disclose everything and face the music.
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出処(しゅっしょ)進退(しんたい)(いさぎよ)さをわきまえている、と(かれ)()っているけれど、いざとなったらどうだかね。
➥He always talks as though he knows how to handle himself but you never know how he'll act when the chips are down.
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それが(わたし)間違(まちが)いであったことを(わたし)(いさぎよ)(みと)める。
➥I'm ready to admit that it was my fault.
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裁判官(さいばんかん)有罪(ゆうざい)判決(はんけつ)(くだ)した以上(いじょう)、いさぎよく服役(ふくえき)しなければならない。
➥The judge pronounced him "guilty", and now he must face the music of a sentence in prison.
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