明白 – Vocabulary details

明めい白はく

Meanings

Adjective (な)

1. obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit; overt

Kanji used

明

bright

白

white

Pitch accent

め

いはく

Used in: 1930

Composed of

明めい

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

白はく

white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

事じ理り明めい白はく

facts being beyond dispute; logic being indisputable

明めい明めい白はく白はく

clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent

罪ざい状じょう明めい白はく

being proven guilty of a crime; having one's guilt for a crime made clear; (the) nature of offense being (becoming) clear

Examples (12 in total)

明めい白はくな言こと葉ばで説せつ明めいしなさい。

Explain it in plain language.

何なにをしなければならないかは明めい白はくです。

It is clear what must be done.

君きみが嘘うそをついたということは明めい白はくだ。

It's evident that you told a lie.