明めい暗あん

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈事こと〉で明めい暗あんが分わかれるfortunes diverge over a certain matter (some end up favorably, others not)

  この一いっ戦せんで両りょうチームの明めい暗あんが分わかれた。

  This one game decided which team would come out on top and which would fall behind.

• 明めい暗あんをつけるto add shading or contrast (e.g. in a drawing, photo, or narrative)

  写しゃ真しんに明めい暗あんをつけると立りっ体たい感かんが出でる。

  Adding light and shade to the photo gives it a sense of depth.

• 明めい暗あんの差さthe gap/difference between light and dark, or success and failure

  二人ふたりの選せん手しゅの間あいだには明めい暗あんの差さが大おおきかった。

  There was a stark difference in fortune between the two athletes.

Expressions

• 明めい暗あんを分わけるdecide the outcome; determine victory or defeat · be sharply contrasted; show a stark difference