発明 – Vocabulary details

発はつ明めい

Meanings

Noun

Verb (する, transitive)

1. invention

Adjective (な)

Old-fashioned

2. intelligent; clever; smart

Kanji used

発

let out

明

bright

Pitch accent

は

つ

めい

は

つめい

Conjugations...Used in: 1311

Composed of

発はつ

departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

明めい

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

Used in vocabulary (14 in total)

invention

inventor

inventor

Examples (44 in total)

誰だれが発はつ明めいしたんだろう。

I wonder who invented it.

誰だれが電でん話わを発はつ明めいしましたか。

Who invented the telephone?

なんと素す晴ばらしい発はつ明めいだろう。

What a wonderful invention!