"明るい" meaning in Japanese

See 明るい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [a̠ka̠ɾɯ̟ᵝi]
Etymology: Appears to be a compound of Classical Japanese 明る (akaru, “to brighten”) + し (shi, “adjectival suffix”). This adjectival suffix forms a classical ク活用 (ku-katsuyō, “ku-adjective”). First attested in 1689. Etymology templates: {{com|ja|明る|し|t1=to brighten|t2=adjectival suffix|tr1=akaru|tr2=shi}} 明る (akaru, “to brighten”) + し (shi, “adjectival suffix”), {{m|ja|ク活用|t=ku-adjective|tr=ku-katsuyō}} ク活用 (ku-katsuyō, “ku-adjective”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|あかるい|infl=i}} 明(あか)るい • (akarui) -i (adverbial 明(あか)るく (akaruku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=あかる|lemma=明る|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 明るい [canonical] (ruby: 明(あか)), akarui [romanization], 明るく [adverbial] (ruby: 明(あか)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 明るかろ [imperfective, stem], あかるかろ [imperfective, stem], akarukaro [imperfective], 明るく [continuative, stem], あかるく [continuative, stem], akaruku [continuative], 明るい [stem, terminative], あかるい [stem, terminative], akarui [terminative], 明るい [attributive, stem], あかるい [attributive, stem], akarui [attributive], 明るけれ [hypothetical, stem], あかるけれ [hypothetical, stem], akarukere [hypothetical], 明るかれ [imperative, stem], あかるかれ [imperative, stem], akarukare [imperative], 明るくない [informal, negative], あかるくない [informal, negative], akaruku nai [informal, negative], 明るかった [informal, past], あかるかった [informal, past], akarukatta [informal, past], 明るくなかった [informal, negative, past], あかるくなかった [informal, negative, past], akaruku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 明るいです [formal], あかるいです [formal], akarui desu [formal], 明るくないです [formal, negative], あかるくないです [formal, negative], akaruku nai desu [formal, negative], 明るかったです [formal, past], あかるかったです [formal, past], akarukatta desu [formal, past], 明るくなかったです [formal, negative, past], あかるくなかったです [formal, negative, past], akaruku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 明るくて [conjunctive], あかるくて [conjunctive], akarukute [conjunctive], 明るければ [conditional], あかるければ [conditional], akarukereba [conditional], 明るかったら [conditional, past], あかるかったら [conditional, past], akarukattara [conditional, past], 明るかろう [volitional], あかるかろう [volitional], akarukarō [volitional], 明るく [adverbial], あかるく [adverbial], akaruku [adverbial], 明るさ [noun-from-adj], あかるさ [noun-from-adj], akarusa [noun-from-adj]
  1. bright, light, luminous
    Sense id: en-明るい-ja-adj-b9DUhd9k Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, 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: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 54
  2. merry, cheerful
    Sense id: en-明るい-ja-adj-f4Qz0yVx Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, 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: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 鮮明 (senmei) (ruby: 鮮(せん), 明(めい))

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      "form": "akarukare",
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      "form": "明るくない",
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      "form": "akaruku nakatta",
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      "form": "明るいです",
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    {
      "form": "あかるいです",
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      "form": "akarui desu",
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      "form": "明るくないです",
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    {
      "form": "あかるくないです",
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        "formal",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "明るくなかったです",
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        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "あかるくなかったです",
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        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "akaruku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "明るくて",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "あかるくて",
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      "form": "akarukute",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "明るければ",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "あかるければ",
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      "form": "akarukereba",
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    },
    {
      "form": "明るかったら",
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    {
      "form": "あかるかったら",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarukattara",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るかろう",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
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    },
    {
      "form": "akarukarō",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "明るく",
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        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
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          "english": "The bright sunshine illuminated the area.",
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        {
          "english": "A cheerful voice answered the phone.",
          "roman": "Denwa no mukō kara akarui koe ga kaette kita.",
          "ruby": [
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              "電",
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              "話",
              "わ"
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              "向",
              "む"
            ],
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              "明",
              "あか"
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            [
              "声",
              "こえ"
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    {
      "other": "あかるい"
    },
    {
      "other": "あかるい"
    },
    {
      "other": "あかるい"
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      "ipa": "[a̠ka̠ɾɯ̟ᵝi]"
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      "word": "鮮明"
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Classical Japanese"
  ],
  "word": "明るい"
}

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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るく",
      "roman": "akaruku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "明",
          "あか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akaruku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akaruku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akaruku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akaruku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akaruku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akaruku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "明るさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あかるさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akarusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あかるい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "明(あか)るい • (akarui) -i (adverbial 明(あか)るく (akaruku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "あかる",
        "lemma": "明る",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "くらい"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The bright sunshine illuminated the area.",
          "roman": "Akarui hizashi ga atari o terashite ita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "明",
              "あか"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "差",
              "ざ"
            ],
            [
              "照",
              "て"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "明るい日差しがあたりを照らしていた。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bright, light, luminous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bright",
          "bright"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "luminous",
          "luminous"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A cheerful voice answered the phone.",
          "roman": "Denwa no mukō kara akarui koe ga kaette kita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電",
              "でん"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "わ"
            ],
            [
              "向",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "明",
              "あか"
            ],
            [
              "声",
              "こえ"
            ],
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電話の向こうから明るい声が返ってきた。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "merry, cheerful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "merry",
          "merry"
        ],
        [
          "cheerful",
          "cheerful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あかるい"
    },
    {
      "other": "あかるい"
    },
    {
      "other": "あかるい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ka̠ɾɯ̟ᵝi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "senmei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鮮",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "明",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "鮮明"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Classical Japanese"
  ],
  "word": "明るい"
}

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  "subsection": "adjective",
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