克こく明めい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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.

彼かれは事じ故この様よう子すを克こく明めいに語かたった。
He described the accident in minute detail.
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.

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.

古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、「克こく明めいな人ひと」が勤きん勉べんで実じっ直ちょくな人ひとを指さすことがある。
In older writing, 克明な人 can refer to a diligent and honest person.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を克こく明めいに記き録ろくするto record something in meticulous, faithful detail
彼かれは事じ件けんの経けい緯いを克こく明めいに記き録ろくした。
He recorded the course of the incident in meticulous detail.
〈物もの〉を克こく明めいに描かくto depict or portray something in vivid, faithful detail
作さっ家かはその時じ代だいの生せい活かつを克こく明めいに描かいた。
The writer depicted the life of that era in vivid, faithful detail.
克こく明めいな記き録ろくa meticulously kept, detailed record
彼かの女じょは日ひ々びの出で来き事ごとを克こく明めいな記き録ろくとして残のこしていた。
She left behind a meticulously detailed record of daily events.
〈事こと〉を克こく明めいに語かたるto tell or recount something in painstaking detail
証しょう人にんは当とう時じの状じょう況きょうを克こく明めいに語かたった。
The witness recounted the situation at the time in painstaking detail.

Kanji

克overcome, kindly, skillfully
明bright, light

Related words

詳しょう細さいN2sense 1
詳細 is a general word for details or being detailed, while 克明 adds a stronger sense of faithfully and meticulously recording or describing facts.
綿めん密みつ sense 1
綿密 emphasizes careful planning or thorough examination, whereas 克明 is especially natural for descriptions, records, or accounts that reproduce details faithfully.
丹たん念ねんN1sense 1
丹念 describes doing a task patiently and carefully, while 克明 more often describes the resulting record, description, or account as detailed and faithful.

Opposites

大おおざっぱN2sense 1
大雑把 describes something rough, sloppy, or lacking in detail, the opposite of the meticulous faithfulness expressed by 克明.

Written forms

克こく明めいUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; this is the only written form and has high priority.
こくめいUsage1%

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.