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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
- —接種証明書vaccination certificate; vaccine passport
- —給与明細書payslip statement
- —証明写真機photo booth
- —受理証明書certificate of acceptance; certificate of receipt; certification that the government has received a notification (e.g. of marriage or birth)
- —印鑑証明書registered seal certificate; seal-registration certificate
- —不透明水彩gouache
- —明暗境界線terminator; twilight zone
- —電子証明書digital certificate
- —終末期明晰terminal lucidity; end-of-life rally
- —説明くさいover-explanatory; overly expository; didactic; preachy
- —愛工大明電Aikodai Meiden
- —村上開明堂Murakami Corporation
- —パリピ孔明Ya Boy Kongming! (manga series)
- —天明の飢饉Tenmei famine (1782-1787); Temmei famine
- —証明終わりend of proof; QED
- —鏡新明智流Kyōshin Meichi-ryū (school of swordsmanship founded by Momonoi Naoyoshi in 1773)
- —幽明相隔てるto die
- —演繹的説明法deductive method
- —説明的妥当性explanatory adequacy
- —インダス文明Indus (valley) civilization (civilisation)