Kanji1 / 8
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
- —警察証明書police certification; police clearance
- —会社説明会company information session
- —所得証明書income certificate; certificate of earnings
- —給料明細表payslip
- —証明証経路certification path
- —範囲明示文delimited scope statement
- —明示範囲符explicit scope terminator
- —出版地不明without a place of publication; sine loco; s.l.
- —承認証明書certificate of approval
- —設計明細書project specifications; specs
- —エーゲ文明Aegean civilization (civilisation)
- —透明ガラスclear glass; plain glass
- —説明的科学explanatory science
- —卒業証明書graduation certificate; diploma; testamur
- —職務明細書job description; job specification
- —り災証明書disaster certificate; document certifying that one is a disaster victim
- —悪魔の証明probatio diabolica; devil's proof
- —文明の利器modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
- —明治の大砲poor swing; hanging back during the swing; Meiji-era cannon
- —薄明薄暮性crepuscular