明々白々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
めい
Grade: 2
めい
Grade: 2
はく
Grade: 1
はく
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
明明白白

Etymology

Emphatic, reduplication of 明白(めいはく) (meihaku)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーめーはくはく [mèémééhákúhákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [me̞ːme̞ːha̠kɯ̟ᵝha̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

(めい)(めい)(はく)(はく) • (meimeihakuhaku) -na (adnominal (めい)(めい)(はく)(はく) (meimeihakuhaku na), adverbial (めい)(めい)(はく)(はく) (meimeihakuhaku ni))

  1. clearly evident, obvious, crystal-clear

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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