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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
- —明示表現explicit expression
- —明示変換explicit conversion
- —明示連結explicit link (process definition)
- —半透明体semitransparent body; translucent body
- —証明写真ID photo; passport photo
- —不透明感sense of uncertainty; lack of clarity; indecisiveness
- —離婁の明keen eyesight; the eyesight of Lilou (character with superior eyesight in ancient Chinese folklore)
- —反対声明statement of opposition; opposition declaration
- —透明水彩watercolor; transparent watercolor (as opposed to gouache); aquarelle
- —住所不明address unknown
- —黄河文明Yellow River civilization; Huang civilization; cradle of Chinese civilization
- —趣旨説明explanation of aim (esp. of a legislative bill); rationalization
- —背景説明background briefing; backgrounder
- —身分証明identification
- —職務発明invention by an employee; employee invention; service invention
- —業務発明invention developed as a result of one's work
- —四大文明the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt; as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)
- —証明責任burden of proof
- —航海薄明nautical twilight
- —常用薄明civil twilight