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.
He described the accident in minute detail.
調査報告書には被害状況が克明に記されている。
The investigation report records the damage situation in detail.
diligent; honest; upright; sincere
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.
古い文章では、「克明な人」が勤勉で実直な人を指すことがある。
In older writing, 克明な人 can refer to a diligent and honest person.
He recorded the course of the incident in meticulous detail.
The writer depicted the life of that era in vivid, faithful detail.
She left behind a meticulously detailed record of daily events.
The witness recounted the situation at the time in painstaking detail.