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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
- —明哲保身wisdom and self-protection; wise and skilled in the art of self-protection
- —明朗快活cheerful and openhearted
- —明朗会計clear accounting; honest accounting (billing); transparent billing practices (in restaurant and bar charges, etc.)
- —柳暗花明beautiful scenery of spring; red-light district
- —論旨不明the point of an argument being unclear; the tenor of an argument being poorly reasoned
- —説明責任accountability; being held accountable
- —共同発明joint invention
- —給料明細payslip
- —証明謄本attested copy
- —神明裁判trial by ordeal
- —給与明細payslip
- —落射照明epi-illumination; illumination that impinges on the sample from the viewing direction
- —明治憲法Meiji Constitution; Constitution of the Empire of Japan
- —半自明解semi-trivial solution
- —非自明解non-trivial solution
- —ピン説明pin-outs
- —証明機関certification authority
- —詳細説明detailed explanation
- —配信証明proof of delivery
- —発信証明proof of submission