"明かり" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [a̠ka̠ɾʲi] Forms: 明かり [canonical] (ruby: ()), akari [romanization]
Etymology: The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 明(あ)かる (akaru, “to become bright”).. This term originally referred to natural light, while the sense of lamp or lighting was expressed using the term 灯火 (tomoshibi, literally “set alight + fire”). The term akari gained its modern lighting sense during the late Edo period, and has now largely displaced tomoshibi for this sense. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|明かる|あかる|to become bright|pos=}} 明(あ)かる (akaru, “to become bright”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|明かる|あかる|to become bright}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 明(あ)かる (akaru, “to become bright”)., {{m|en|lamp}} lamp, {{m|en|lighting}} lighting, {{m|ja|灯火|lit=set alight + fire|tr=tomoshibi}} 灯火 (tomoshibi, literally “set alight + fire”), {{m|en|lighting}} lighting Head templates: {{ja-noun|あかり}} 明(あ)かり • (akari)
  1. light Synonyms:
    Sense id: en-明かり-ja-noun-macCYXLU
  2. 灯り: lighting, a light, a lamp, artificial illumination Synonyms: 照明, 灯火 [archaic], ランプ, 電灯, 電気
    Sense id: en-明かり-ja-noun-FSbt0s-q
  3. a bright place; (figurative) a public place
    Sense id: en-明かり-ja-noun-MxAjnC72
  4. a positive sign amidst adversity (compare English light at the end of the tunnel)
    Sense id: en-明かり-ja-noun-8lLl0Nfr
  5. (figurative) evidence that dispels a question or doubt Tags: figuratively Synonyms: 証し
    Sense id: en-明かり-ja-noun-KFmDYUZJ
  6. (figurative) the end of a period of time or a dark mood (compare English dawn, daybreak) Tags: figuratively Synonyms: 明け
    Sense id: en-明かり-ja-noun-tAEF8M3b Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 21 17 2 57 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 1 2 22 18 3 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 2 22 18 3 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 1 2 25 18 3 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 1 2 22 18 3 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 明るい (akarui) (ruby: (あか)) (english: bright), 明ける (akeru) (ruby: ()) (english: to dawn), 明け (ake) (ruby: ()) (english: dawn, daybreak), 明らか (akiraka) (ruby: (あき)) (english: obvious, clear)

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