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克明

克明

Chinese

 
gram; subdue; to restrain; to overcome
 
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad.
(克明)

Verb

克明

  1. (literary) to be able to discern between right and wrong
  2. (literary) to know the talent
  3. (literary) to experience and understand the situation of the people

Japanese

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

Kanji in this term
こく
Grade: S
めい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

克明 (-na inflection, hiragana こくめい, romaji kokumei)

  1. meticulous, painstaking, minute
    克明 (こくめい) (きざ)まれている。
    Kokumei ni kizamareteiru.
    It is meticulously engraved on it.

Inflection

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
かつ
Grade: S
あき
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

克明 (hiragana かつあき, romaji Katsuaki)

  1. A male given name

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.