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明めい白はく
Meanings
Adjective (な)
1. obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit; overt
What the instructions indicated was obvious.
Kanji used
明
bright
白
white
Pitch accent
め
いはく
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Used in: 2236
Composed of
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent
facts being beyond dispute; logic being indisputable
being proven guilty of a crime; having one's guilt for a crime made clear; (the) nature of offense being (becoming) clear
Examples (22 in total)
Explain it in plain language.
It's obvious that he's wrong.
The hierarchy of status was clear.
Now that it has come to this, the situation is clear.
It is clear what must be done.
The answer is brutally obvious.
It's evident that you told a lie.
He made a speech in plain English.
It's so obvious we don't need proof.
The fact is apparent to everybody.
Her disappointment was apparent to everyone.
It is clear that he is at home.
What the instructions indicated was obvious.
The answer to the mystery I had been thinking about was now obvious.
It was obvious that they had told a lie.
It was apparent that someone had taken the money by mistake.
The reason he refused your offer is obvious.
The reason why he came so early is not evident.
It was obvious that those two women knew each other well.
It is clear that this man is approaching his work with seriousness.
The motive for the pursuit is obvious: they are trying to recover what was stolen.
It was clear that he was a completely different person, not merely acting.