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108 word matches found for '明' using reading 'あ'
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Most common form: 夜明
noun
dawn; daybreak
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Most common form: 薄明り
noun
dim or faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
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Most common form: 種明かし
disclosing the secret of a trick
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noun
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
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noun
beginning of the week; new week opening; Monday
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart
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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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Most common form: 月あかり
noun
moonlight
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1. not busy; unengaged; being free
2. leisure  (see also: 手隙)
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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: 夜があける
expression, ichidan verb
dawn breaks; day dawns
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noun
dawn; daybreak
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Most common form: 打ち開ける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to forcefully open up a hole (in a wall, etc.)
2. to speak frankly, holding nothing back  (see also: 打ち明ける)
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noun
expiration of a term of service  (see also: 年明け)
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noun
expiration of a term of service  (see also: 年季明け)
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noun
lighting a stage using border lights only  (see also: ボーダーライト)
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expression
Happy New Year
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1. virtually empty; quite empty
2. inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless  (this meaning is restricted to reading がらあき)
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noun
1. opening (of a bottle); broaching
2. beginning; opening; commencement (e.g. of sales); first sale
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clothing with the opening at the back
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expression
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
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noun
the day after a holiday
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expression, 'ku' godan verb
to come to see; to come to understand; to regain sight
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expression
cannot live even a minute without someone or something; meaning the world to one
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noun
the brilliance of cherry blossoms which illuminate the evening
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to talk all the night
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to wait all night
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noun
dawn; daybreak
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noun
twilight; western evening sky
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noun
faint light; dim light
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