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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

Used when a fact, situation, or truth is unmistakable and easy to perceive. Common in both spoken and written Japanese.

Rare, mostly literary or archaic use for physical brightness. Modern Japanese normally uses 明るい for this meaning.

明あきらかな〈事こと〉an obvious ...(fact/mistake/etc.)
彼かれの説せつ明めいには明あきらかな矛む盾じゅんがあった。
There was an obvious contradiction in his explanation.
明あきらかに〈動どう詞し〉clearly/obviously (doing/being something)
彼かれは明あきらかに疲つかれていた。
He was clearly tired.
〈事こと〉は明あきらかだit is clear/obvious that ...
彼かれが犯はん人にんであることは明あきらかだ。
It is clear that he is the culprit.

明あきらかにするmake clear; clarify; disclose; make public
明あきらかになるbecome clear; become evident; come to light · be made public; be disclosed; be revealed
火ひを見みるより明あきらかclear as day; patently obvious
火ひを見みるよりも明あきらかclear as day; patently obvious

明めい白はくN1sense 1
明白 is a formal, often written term for something being unmistakable, while 明らか is the more common word used in both speech and writing.
明めい確かくN3sense 1
明確 stresses that something is precisely defined or unambiguous, whereas 明らか simply means the fact is obvious to see.
はっきりN4sense 1
はっきり is a casual adverb/adjective for clarity used constantly in speech, while 明らか sounds slightly more formal or written.
自じ明めいN1
明らか is a broad word for 'clear' or 'evident', while 自明 more strongly implies that no proof or explanation is needed.

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歴れき然ぜんN1
明らか is the common, everyday word for 'clear/obvious', while 歴然 is a more literary, emphatic term used to stress that something is unmistakably plain.
紛まぎれもない
明らか means 'clear' or 'obvious' in a neutral, descriptive way, while 紛れもない adds emphasis that something cannot possibly be mistaken for anything else.
顕けん
顕 is an archaic literary noun/adjectival noun for something being exposed or evident, while 明らか is the common modern word for 'clear, obvious'.
定さだか
明らか means 'clear/obvious' and is typically used affirmatively, whereas 定か stresses certainty and is almost always used in negative contexts.

不ふ明めいN2sense 1
不明 means unclear or unknown, the opposite of 明らか, which means clear and obvious.
曖あい昧まいN3sense 1
曖昧 describes something vague or ambiguous, contrasting with 明らか, which describes something plainly evident.

明あかるいN5sense 2
明るい shares the kanji 明 and means physically bright or cheerful, while 明らか (in its rare literary sense of brightness aside) mainly means abstractly clear or obvious.
朗ほがらかN3
明らか (clear, obvious) looks similar in kanji to 朗らか but has an unrelated meaning about clarity of facts, not cheerfulness.

Derived from the classical adjective 明らかなり (akiraka nari), related to 明るい (bright) and 明ける (to dawn). The core meaning is 'clear, bright'.