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110 word matches found for '明' using reading 'あ'
3
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. tomorrow
2. near future  (this meaning is restricted to reading あす)
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3
noun
dawn; daybreak
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0
Most common form: 開ける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock
2. to open (for business, etc.)
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0
Most common form: 開く
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to open (e.g. doors)  (esp. 開く)
2. to open (e.g. business, etc.)  (esp. 開く)
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0
Most common form:
noun
1. light; illumination; glow; gleam  (this meaning is restricted to form 明かり, 明り)
2. lamp; light  (see also: 明かりを消す)
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0
Most common form: あき
noun
1. space; room; emptiness; gap
2. opening; vacancy; empty seat
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0
Most common form: 明けがた
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
dawn  (see also: 夕方)
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0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to pass (e.g. the night); to spend  (see also: 語り明かす)
2. to reveal; to divulge
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0 2
Most common form: 翌る
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0
Most common form: 空き巣
noun
1. empty house
2. empty nest
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4
Most common form: あくる日
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
next day; following day
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3 0
Most common form: 薄明り
noun
dim or faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
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3
Most common form: 種明かし
disclosing the secret of a trick
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0
noun
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
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0
noun
beginning of the week; new week opening; Monday
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2
Most common form: あかん
expression
useless; no good; hopeless  (often written with kana only; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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0 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart
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0 4
Most common form: 幕開け
noun
1. the rise of the curtain; opening (of play)  (see also: 幕開き)
2. beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
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3
Most common form: 月あかり
noun
moonlight
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2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
morning and evening; all the time
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4
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to vacate; to surrender
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0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), 'no' adjective, noun (suffix)
1. dawn; daybreak  (opposite: 暮れ)
noun (suffix), noun (prefix)
2. end; soon after something has ended
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0 3
1. not busy; unengaged; being free
2. leisure  (see also: 手隙)
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0
Most common form: 空き屋
noun
vacant house; unoccupied house
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expression
Happy New Year  (see also: 明けましておめでとうございます; informal)
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0
noun
empty house; empty shop
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Most common form: ラチがあかない
'i' adjective, expression
make no progress; remain unsettled
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Most common form:
noun
light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp  (see also: 御明かし)
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Most common form: 夜があける
expression, ichidan verb
dawn breaks; day dawns
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0
noun
dawn; daybreak
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