Illustration: At a neighborhood festival preparation meeting, several volunteers stand uncertainly around a heavy bundled canopy that still needs carrying.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

明めい言げん

meigen

to state clearly

Example sentences

  1. 明言めいげんはしなかったが、彼かれは私わたしが嘘うそをついていると暗あんにほのめかした。

    He hasn’t said so explicitly, but he’s let it be understood that I was lying.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 支持しじを明言めいげんした。

    We stated our support clearly.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. クエンティン・タランティーノやジョン・ウーなどの著名ちょめいな監督かんとくらは、彼かれを崇拝すうはいしていることを明言めいげんしている。

    Famous directors such as Quentin TARANTINO and John WOO have clearly stated how they admire Fukasaku.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 明言

  • 明bright; lightOnメイ・ミョウ・ミンKunあかり・あかるい・あかるむ
  • 言say; wordOnゲン・ゴンKunいう・こと

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