"明暗" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 明暗 [canonical] (ruby: (めい), (あん)), meian [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|めいあん}} 明(めい)暗(あん) • (meian)
  1. light and darkness
    Sense id: en-明暗-ja-noun-ZDt30SIH
  2. the difference between a positive or negative outcome (e.g. happiness vs. sadness or success vs. failure)
    Sense id: en-明暗-ja-noun-Z1TizaQC Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 59 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 71 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 10 55 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 71 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: 明暗 [canonical] (ruby: (あけ), (ぐれ)), akegure [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|あけぐれ}} 明(あけ)暗(ぐれ) • (akegure)
  1. Alternative spelling of 明け暗れ Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 明け暗れ
    Sense id: en-明暗-ja-noun-w6h5ow1Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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