雪明り 雪明かり | brightness of snow, reflected light of snow, (by) snow light |
| 黎明期 | dawning (of a new era), dawn |
風光明媚 風光明美 | scenic, beautiful, picturesque |
| 待ち明かす | to wait all night |
| 解き明かす | to explain, to dispel doubts |
| 透明度 | transparency, degree of clearness |
明るみに出す 明るみにだす | to make public, to bring to light |
| 明け六つ | the sixth hour of the morning |
| 穴明き銭 | perforated coin |
| 忌が明ける | to come out of mourning |
| 新発明 | new invention (discovery) |
| 早明戦 | Waseda-Meiji (baseball) game |
| 秘密を明かす | to disclose a secret |
| 文明館 | the Bunmeikan Theater |
| 文明が進むに連れて | with the advance of civilization (civilisation) |
| 明年度 | next (fiscal) year |
| 明朝体 | Ming-style typeface, Mincho |
| 明初 | first year of Meiji era |
| 明治座 | the Meijiza Theater |
| 明眸皓歯 | starry eyes and beautiful white teeth (said of beautiful women) |
埒が明かない らちが明かない | make no progress, remain unsettled |
| 立明戦 | Rikkyo-Meiji (baseball) game |
| 連休明け | end of consecutive holidays |
| 演繹的説明法 | deductive method |
| 説明的妥当性 | explanatory adequacy |
| 透明性の原理 | transparency principle |
| 不透明性 | opacity |
| 居住証明書 | certificate of residence |
| 在学証明書 | certificate of student status, student ID card |
| 成績証明書 | transcript of results, report of results |
| 西欧文明 | Western civilization, Western civilisation |
| 西洋文明 | Western civilization, Western civilisation |
| 転出証明 | change of address certificate |
| 透明人間 | invisible man |
| 発明者 | inventor |
| 補足説明 | supplementary explanation |
| 明細表 | itemized account, itemised account |
| 明治天皇 | Emperor Meiji |
| 疎明 | explanation (for purpose of convincing a judge) |
| 口明け | beginning, opening, commencement (e.g. of sales), first sale |
| インダス文明 | Indus (valley) civilization (civilisation) |
| アクセント照明 | accent lighting |
| カリ明礬 | potassium alum |
| クロム明礬 | chrome alum |
| シーリング照明器具 | ceiling light |
| 宇宙論的証明 | cosmological argument |
やの明後日 弥の明後日 | four days from today |
| 五明後日 | four days from now (five days in some places) |
| 闡明 | make clear, explicate, explain |
| 死亡証明書 | death certificate |
| 文明諸国 | civilized world, civilised world |
| 文明世界 | civilized world, civilised world |