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Regarding children performing the tea ceremony for their mothers:

> 子どもたちは茶わんが **きれいに見えるように** 回して、お母さんの前にお茶を置きました。  
>  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 きれいに見えるように 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.
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adverbs reading-comprehension
Understanding きれいに見えるように
The children rotated/turned the bowl so that it looked pretty/nice to their
mother, with the (hand) painted design/motif ([模様]{もよう}/[柄]{がら}) facing her
(i.e. so that the front of the bowl faced her).

例えば、こんな感じで…

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/o8eoP.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/o8eoP.jpg)
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