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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)
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
- —意味不明Popularof uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
- —身分証明書Popularidentification papers; piece of identification; identity document; ID
- —明brightness; discernment; insight; an eye (for); eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
- —開明civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
- —糾明searching examination; establishing the facts through thorough examination
- —月明moonlight
- —清明pure and clear; "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5)
- —天明dawn; daybreak; Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)
- —薄明twilight; dusk; faint light
- —平明clear; simple
- —明解clear explanation
- —明察discernment; penetration; keen insight; acumen; your discernment; your insight; your conjecture
- —明澄lucid; clear
- —明度brightness; lightness
- —明敏intelligence; discernment
- —明文explicit statement (e.g. in law); express provision
- —明晰clear; distinct
- —黎明daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
- —聡明wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
- —簡明terse; concise; simple and clear