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克明 (こくめい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Meanings 1
na-adjective
detailed ; meticulous ; faithful to the facts
Modern main use. Describes a report, record, description, depiction, or testimony that is very detailed and carefully faithful; commonly used as 克明な before nouns and 克明に before verbs.
調ちょう
査さ
報ほう
告こく
書しょ
に
は
被ひ
害がい
状じょう
況きょう
が
克こく
明めい
に
記しる
さ
れ
て
いる
。
The investigation report records the damage situation in detail.
2
na-adjective
diligent ; honest ; upright ; sincere
archaic
Archaic adjectival use referring to a person's diligent, honest, or upright character. In modern Japanese, this sense is not the normal everyday meaning of 克明.
Written forms 克こく 明めい Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling; this is the only written form and has high priority.
こくめい Usage 1%
Kanji 克 overcome, kindly, skillfully Similar words 詳しょう 細さい 詳細 is a general word for being detailed or particulars themselves; 克明 adds a stronger nuance of careful, faithful recording or description.
綿めん 密みつ 綿密 emphasizes careful planning, examination, or attention to detail; 克明 is especially natural for descriptions, records, and accounts that reproduce details faithfully.
丹たん 念ねん 丹念 emphasizes doing a task patiently and carefully; 克明 more often describes the resulting account, record, or depiction as detailed.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese kanji compound written 克明. No origin is specified. The spelling is conventionally associated with the idea of clear, careful, detailed treatment rather than a separately verified historical derivation.
