廉潔

Reading

Kana: れんけつ

Romaji: renketsu

Definition

adj-na

noun

1

honest; incorruptible; integrity

Kanji

廉

Reading: レン

Meanings: bargain, reason, charge, suspicion, point, account, purity, honest, low price, cheap, rested, contented, peaceful

潔

Readings: ケツ、 いさぎよ.い

Meanings: undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant

Example Sentence

清廉(せいれん)潔白(けっぱく)できこえた彼(かれ)が、汚職(おしょく)なんかに手(て)を染(そ)めるわけない。

➥He has a reputation as being straight as an arrow. He'd never get involved in corruption.