Illustration: At the edge of a Japanese home's living room, an adult pauses with a cleaning cloth beside a fresh trail of muddy pawprints. The prints cross the clean wooden floor directly from the open garden door to a small dog sitting on a cushion.

JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

明あきらか

akiraka

clear, obvious, evident

Example sentences

  1. その船ふねが沈しずんだのは明あきらかだ。

    It is clear that the ship sank.

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  2. 証拠しょうこは明あきらかだ。

    The evidence is clear.

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  3. 火元ひもとは明あきらかでない。

    The origin of the fire is unknown.

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Kanji in 明

  • 明bright; lightOnメイ・ミョウ・ミンKunあかり・あかるい・あきらか

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