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明 kanji
bright, light
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
メイミョウミン
Kun readings
あかりあかるいあかるむあからむあきらかあける-あけあくあくるあかす
Variant forms
朙Words with 明
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —内容証明certification of contents
- —不在証明alibi
- —文明社会civilized society; civilised society
- —明治維新Meiji Restoration (1868)
- —明治時代Meiji period (1868-1912)
- —直截簡明plain and simple; straightforward
- —舞台照明stage lighting
- —明治神宮Meiji Shrine
- —明々白々clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent
- —明鏡止水clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water)
- —配達証明delivery certificate
- —間接照明indirect lighting
- —物質文明material civilization; material civilisation
- —文明開化civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
- —照明器具lighting equipment
- —直接照明direct lighting
- —爆弾声明bombshell announcement
- —型式証明(vehicle's) type certification
- —風光明媚scenic; beautiful; picturesque
- —明眸皓歯starry eyes and beautiful white teeth (said of beautiful women)