明瞭

See also: 明了

Chinese

 
clear; bright; to understand
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
look afar from a high place; clear
trad. (明瞭/明了) 明 瞭/了
simp. (明了) 明 了

Pronunciation


Adjective

明瞭

  1. clear; apparent

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

明瞭

  1. to clearly know or understand

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
明 瞭
めい
Grade: 2
りょう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 明瞭

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) めーりょー [mèéryóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [me̞ːɾʲo̞ː]

Adjective

明(めい)瞭(りょう) • (meiryō) ←めいれう (meireu)?-na (adnominal 明(めい)瞭(りょう)な (meiryō na), adverbial 明(めい)瞭(りょう)に (meiryō ni))

  1. clear, apparent
    明瞭(めいりょう)な口調(くちょう)で答(こた)えた。
    Meiryō na kuchō de kotaeta.
    They answered in a clear and distinct manner.

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

明(めい)瞭(りょう) • (meiryō) ←めいれう (meireu)?

  1. clarity, apparency

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Root

明瞭 • (myeongnyo) (hangeul 명료)

  1. Hanja form? of 명료.
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