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発はつ明めい
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
Kanji used
発
let out
明
bright
Pitch accent
は
つ
めい
は
つめい
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Conjugations...Used in: 1236
Composed of
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
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
new invention (discovery)
master inventor; king of inventors (e.g. Edison)
necessity is the mother of invention
reinvention
invention by an employee; employee invention; service invention
present invention
first-to-invent principle (in patent law); first-to-invent system
joint invention
invention developed as a result of one's work
Examples (42 in total)
Who invented it?
What a wonderful invention!
Bell invented the telephone.
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