発はつ明めい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

invention; inventing

Used as a noun for an invention, and as 発明する for creating or devising something new, especially a device, method, or technology.

• これは日にち常じょう生せい活かつを変かえた大おおきな発はつ明めいだ。

  This is a major invention that changed everyday life.

• 彼かの女じょは新あたらしい医い療りょう機き器きを発はつ明めいした。

  She invented a new medical device.

na-adjective

clever; intelligent; smart

Dated adjectival use meaning clever or bright. It is not a normal modern way to praise someone's intelligence; words such as 賢い or 利口 are much more common today.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、「発はつ明めいな子こ供ども」が賢かしこい子こ供どもを意い味みすることがある。

  In old writing, 発明な子供 can mean a clever child.