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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
- —宇宙論的証明cosmological argument
- —目的論的証明teleological argument; argument from design
- —神の存在証明proof of the existence of God (esp. in theological philosophy); argument for the existence of God
- —存在論的証明ontological argument
- —デジタル証明digital certificate; digital authentication
- —形状明示配列explicit-shape array
- —特権属性証明Privilege-Attribute-Certificate
- —明示内容参照explicit content reference
- —明示番地指定explicit addressing
- —明示輻輳通知explicit congestion notification
- —利用者証明証user certificate; certificate
- —人間学的証明anthropological argument (one of Descartes' ontological arguments for the existence of God)
- —明暗を分けるto decide the outcome (e.g. game); to be very different; to be sharply contrasted
- —世界四大文明the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India, and Egypt; as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)
- —エジプト文明Egyptian civilization (civilisation)
- —内容証明郵便contents-certified mail
- —透明ランナーghost runner; placeholder used when fewer than 9 members are present on a team
- —所信表明演説general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session
- —車輪の再発明reinventing the wheel
- —原産地証明書certificate of origin