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clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty |
dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret |
simp. and trad.
(明暗)
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Pronunciation
Noun
明暗
- light and darkness; light and shade; luminosity
Japanese
Etymology 1
Noun
明暗 • (meian)
- light and darkness
- the difference between a positive or negative outcome (e.g. happiness vs. sadness or success vs. failure)
- 明暗を分けた。
- Meian o waketa.
- It made the difference.
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 明暗 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 明暗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.