明めいめいFreq.FrequencyTop 5,000じ字FuriganaAudioMeaningsJump to a sense…1. brightness; light2. discernment; insight; an eye for3. eyesight; vision4. nth year of Meiji1nounbrightness; lightRefers to literal brightness or light, often contrasted with 暗 (darkness).Antonyms: 暗明めいと暗あんのコントラストが美うつくしい。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThe contrast between light and dark is beautiful.2noundiscernment; insight; an eye forUsed for keen perception or judgment, often in phrases like 明がある (have an eye for).彼かれは美び術じゅつに明めいがある。Break this sentence down in the analyzerHe has an eye for art.3nouneyesight; visionRefers to the faculty of sight; often appears in the set phrase 明を失う (lose one's eyesight).See also: 明を失う事じ故こで明めいを失うしなった。Break this sentence down in the analyzerHe lost his eyesight in an accident.4prefixnth year of MeijiabbreviationAbbreviation of 明治 (Meiji era); used as a prefix to indicate a year in that period, e.g., 明10年 (Meiji 10).See also: 明治明めい10年ねんにこの学がっ校こうが創そう立りつされた。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThis school was founded in Meiji 10 (1877).See all 42 example sentences ›Usage patterns〈事こと〉に明めいがあるto have an eye or insight for something彼かれは骨こっ董とう品ひんに明めいがある。Break this sentence down in the analyzerHe has a good eye for antiques.Expressions先せん見けんの明めいforesight; prescience明めいを失うしなうlose one's eyesight; go blind説せつ明めいがつくbe explainable; make sense; be accountable幽ゆう明めい境さかいを異ことにするto die; to pass away; to depart this world明めい治じ十じゅう四よ年ねんの政せい変へんMeiji 14 political upheaval; ousting of Ōkuma Shigenobu and his supporters (1881)明めい鏡きょうも裏うらを照てらさずanyone can make a mistake; even Homer nods
