きれいになる

become clean; become beautiful

→ 奇麗だ
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become clean; become beautiful きれい can mean either “clean” or “beautiful,” depending on context.
JA: このハンカチは洗ってもきれいになる。
EN: This handkerchief will become clean even if you wash it.

明日の朝パパはバルトロメオで手を洗うさぞきれいになるだろうな

Tomorrow morning, Dad will wash his hands with Bartolomeo. They’ll get really clean, I bet.

— ライフ・イズ・ビューティフル (1997)

部屋がきれいになると気持ちがいいね。

It feels good when the room is clean, doesn’t it?

いいのよいつだって泥だらけなんだから→ちっとはきれいになるでしょう。

It's fine. You're always covered in mud anyway, so you might as well get a little cleaner.

— となりのトトロ (1988)