明: bright; clear

明 míng

adjective
: bright; light; brilliant; clear

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さや saya

adverb
: (Archaism) clearly; brightly
: cleanly; purely

OR さやか sayaka
: clear; fresh; bright

みん min

noun
: Ming (dynasty of China, 1368-1644)

あき aki

noun
: space; room; emptiness; gap
: opening; vacancy; empty seat
: free time; time to spare
: disuse; unused thing

あく aku

Godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to open (e.g. doors)
: to open (e.g. business)
: to be empty;
: to be vacant; to be available; to be free
: to be open (e.g. neckline)
: to have been opened (of one’s eyes, mouth)
: to come to an end;
: to open (one’s eyes, mouth)
: to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)

あかる akaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to become bright; to become clear

あける akeru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package)
: to open (for business)
: to empty; to clear out; to make space; to make room
: to dawn; to grow light
: to end

あけ ake

Temporal noun | No-adjective
: dawn; daybreak
: end; soon after something has ended
: beginning (of a new year, month)

あかり akari

noun
: light; illumination; glow; gleam
: lamp; light

あかし akashi

noun
: light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp

明年 ming2nian2: next year
[みょうねん myounen OR common word: 来年 | らいねん rainen]

来年の事を言うと鬼が笑う | らいねんのことをいうとおにがわらう
rainen no koto o iuto oni ga warau
: Talk about next year and the devil will laugh

明天 ming2tian1: tomorrow [めいてん Meiten (place name)]

明日 ming2ri4: tomorrow [あす asu OR あしたashita]

明確[确] ming2que4: clear-cut; definite [めいかく meikaku: clear; precise; distinct]

明顯[显] ming2xian: obvious; clear; distinct

明亮 ming2liang4: bright; glittering [めいりょう meiryou: clarity; clearness]

明智 ming2zhi4: sensible; wise; judicious; sagacious [めいち meichi]

明白 ming2bai: clear; unequivocal; to understand
[めいはく meihaku: obvious; clear; evident; apparent] OR [あからさま akarasama: plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward; unabashed; blatant; flagrant]

明珠 ming2zhu1: pearl; jewel (of great value) [めいしゅ myōshu]

明神 ming2shen2: Gods; devas
[みょうじん myoujin OR あきつかみ akitsukami: great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god; living god (honorific term for the emperor)]

明治 ming2zhi4: Meiji (Japanese reign name 1868-1912

明治神宮 | めいじじんぐう Meiji Jinguu: Meiji Shrine (in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken)

三明治 san1 ming2zhi4: sandwich (loanword

明信片 ming2 xin4 pian4: postcard

說[说]明 shuo1ming2: to explain; illustrate; explain

文明 wen2ming2: civilized; civilization; culture [ぶんめい bunmei]

證[证]明 zheng4ming2: proof; certificate; id; testimonial

表明 biao3ming2: to make clear; make known; clarify
[ひょうめい hyoumei: declaration; manifestation; demonstration; expression]

發[发]明 fa1ming2: invent; invention [発明 | はつめい hatsumei: invention; intelligent; clever]

聰明 cong1ming: acute (of sight & hearing); clever; intelligent; smart

聰明伶俐 cong1ming ling2li4: clever and quick-witted

Japanese expression | idiomatic expression
また明日 | またあした mata ashita: see you tomorrow

年が明ける | としがあける toshi ga akeru: the New Year begins; the New Year starts!

新年明けましておめでとうございます | しんねんあけましておめでとうございます shinnen akemashite omedetou gozaimasu
: Happy New Year!

文明が進むに連れて | ぶんめいがすすむにつれて bunmei ga susumu ni tsurete
: with the advance of civilization

明日は明日の風が吹く | あしたはあしたのかぜがふく ashita wa ashita no kaze ga fuku
: Tomorrow will take care of itself

明日の事を言えば鬼が笑う | あすのことをいえばおにがわらう ashita no koto ieba oni ga warau
: Nobody knows the morrow

明日の百より今日の五十 | あすのひゃくよりきょうのごじゅう asu no hyaku yori kyou no gojuu
: Today’s fifty is more than a hundred tomorrow: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Chinese idiom
聰明絕頂 [聪明绝顶] cong1ming jue2 ding3
:highly intelligent

聰明過頭 [聪明过头] cong1ming guo4 tou2
: too clever by half; excessive ingenuity (sarcasm): too clever for his/her own good

冰雪聰明 bing1 xue3 cong1 ming5
exceptionally intelligent

自作聰明 zi4 zuo4 cong1ming
: to think oneself clever: self-styled genius; a smart aleck

聰明反被聰明誤 [聪明反被聪明误] cong1ming fan3 bei4 cong1ming wu4
: a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity: cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one’s own good

明珠暗投 ming2 zhu1 an4 tou2
:to cast pearls before swine: not to get proper recognition for one’s talents

掌上明珠 zhang3 shang4 ming2 zhu1
: a pearl in the palm: fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)

下落不明 xia4 luo4 bu4 ming2
: unaccounted for; unknown whereabouts: lost

不明不白 bu4 ming2 bu4 bai2
: obscure; dubious; shady

不明事理 bu4 ming2 shi4 li3
: not understanding things: devoid of sense

光明磊落 guang1 ming2 lei3 luo4
: open and candid: straightforward and upright (nothing to hide)

旗幟鮮明 [旗帜鲜明] qi2 zhi4 xian1 ming2: to show one’s colors; to have a clear-cut stand
[きしせんめい kishisenmei: making one’s attitude (position, stand) clear; unfurling and clearly showing one’s banner]

是非分明 shi4 fei1 fen1 ming2
: to distinguish right from wrong

柳暗花明 liu3 an4 hua1 ming2
: the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light: at one’s darkest hour, a glimmer of hope; light at the end of the tunnel
[りゅうあんかめい ryuuankamei: beautiful scenery of spring OR red-light district]

明人不做暗事 ming2 ren2 bu4 zuo4 an4 shi4
: The honest person does nothing underhand: fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation.