Understanding きれいに見えるように Regarding children performing the tea ceremony for their mothers: > **** > The children rotated the cup so that it looked pretty/clean and placed the tea in front of their mother. I don't know which part of I'm mistranslating but neither of my translations makes much sense. I understand that rotating the cup is part of the ceremony but my translation isn't providing a sensible explanation.

The children rotated/turned the bowl so that it looked pretty/nice to their mother, with the (hand) painted design/motif ([]{}/[]{}) facing her (i.e. so that the front of the bowl faced her).

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