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.

明めい白はくすぎて証しょう明めいを要ようしない。

It's so obvious we don't need proof.

その事じ実じつはだれにも明めい白はくだ。

The fact is apparent to everybody.

彼かの女じょの失しつ望ぼうは誰だれの目めにも明めい白はくだった。

Her disappointment was apparent to everyone.

彼かれが家いえにいることは明めい白はくだ。

It is clear that he is at home.

彼かれらがうそを言いったということは明めい白はくだった。

It was obvious that they had told a lie.

誰だれかが間ま違ちがってそのお金かねを持もっていったのは明めい白はくだった。

It was apparent that someone had taken the money by mistake.

彼かれが君きみの申もうし出でを断ことわった理り由ゆうは明めい白はくだ。

The reason he refused your offer is obvious.

彼かれがそんなに早はやく来きた理り由ゆうは明めい白はくではない。

The reason why he came so early is not evident.

その二ふた人りの女じょ性せいが互たがいをよく知しっているのは明めい白はくだった。