はつめい – Vocabulary details

はつめい

Meanings

Noun

Verb (する)

1. invention

Adjective (な)

Old-fashioned

2. intelligent; clever; smart

Archaic

Noun

Verb (する)

3. making sense (of something); understanding

Alt. forms

発はつ明めい

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はつめい

Pitch accent

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つめい

Conjugations...Used in: 13

Composed of

はつ

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

めい

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

Used in vocabulary (12 in total)

invention

inventor

inventor

Examples (42 in total)

誰だれがはつめいしたのか？

Who invented it?

なんと素す晴ばらしいはつめいだろう。

What a wonderful invention!

ベルは電でん話わをはつめいした。

Bell invented the telephone.