透明 (とうめい, toumei) Japanese meaning: transparent

透明 (とうめい, toumei) Japanese meaning: transparent | Kotomora

Kanji

クリア
透明 is the standard Japanese word for physical or figurative transparency, while クリア is a more casual loanword often used for 'clear' in senses like sound, skin, or rules.
透すき通とおるN2
透明 is an adjective describing the state of being transparent, while 透き通る is a verb meaning 'to be clear/see-through', often used poetically for water or voice.
ガラス張ばり
透明 is a general word for transparency (physical or figurative), while ガラス張り specifically evokes being enclosed in or made of glass, or by extension completely open to scrutiny.
無む色しょくN1
透明 describes something being see-through (transparent), whereas 無色 describes the absence of color; something can be 透明 but colored, or 無色 but opaque.

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透すける
透明 is a noun/na-adjective describing the static quality of being clear or transparent, while 透ける is a verb describing something showing through a thin material.
清せい澄ちょう
透明 means 'transparent' and is common in everyday speech, while 清澄 adds a literary nuance of purity and calm beyond mere see-through clarity.

不ふ透とう明めいN1
透明 describes something clear or see-through, while 不透明 describes something opaque or unclear, whether physically or figuratively.
半はん透とう明めいN2
透明 means completely see-through, whereas 半透明 lets light through but is not fully clear.

透とう過か
透明 means 'transparent' (a visual quality), while 透過 means 'to pass through' (as light or radiation does), a technical term easily confused due to the shared 透 kanji.

不ふ透とう明めいN1
opaque; murky; turbid · opacity; obscurity · unclear; uncertain; unpredictable
半はん透とう明めいN2
semi-transparent; translucent
透とう明めい体たい
transparent body; transparent object

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 透 (to penetrate) and 明 (bright, clear).