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 |