Kanji1 / 8
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
- —不明確inaccurate; indistinct; imprecise; unclear; indecisive
- —不明瞭unclear; indistinct; obscure; opaque; inarticulate; dim; blurred
- —不明朗gloominess; gloom; questionable; unfair; underhand
- —明細書detailed statement; detailed account; minute description; specifications; list of particulars
- —明赤色bright red
- —明瞭度intelligibility; clarity; clearness; articulation
- —明示的explicit
- —不分明obscure; vague
- —明晰夢lucid dream; dream in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming
- —発明品invention
- —発明家inventor
- —透明体a transparent body
- —文明国civilized nation; civilised nation
- —照明弾flare; star shell
- —照明器lighting equipment
- —声明書statement
- —説明文explanatory note; explanatory text; explanation; caption
- —黎明期dawn (of a new era, civilization, etc.); dawning
- —透明度transparency; degree of clearness
- —新発明new invention; new discovery