WORD DETAIL
潔癖
けっぺき
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
潔癖, readけっぺき, can denote uncompromising moral purity or excessive fastidiousness about cleanliness. - Basic usage: The surrounding topic shows whether it evaluates integrity in matters such as money or an unusually strict concern with cleanliness.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Moral purity and fastidious cleanliness
- The word can concern uncompromising moral integrity or excessive fastidiousness about cleanliness. Simply caring strongly about cleanliness does not by itself justify applying the latter label.

