Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 自明(じめい) in Japanese

自明
Kana Reading
じめい
Romaji
jimei
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    obvious; self-evident; trivial; axiomatic; self-explanatory
    Example sentence
    はこれは自明こと思う I hold this as self-evident.

Examples of 自明, じめい in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 4

8 strokes

bright, light

On'Yomi: メイ, ミョウ, ミン

Kun'Yomi: あ.かり, あか.るい, あか.るむ, あか.らむ, あき.らか, あ.ける, -あ.け, あ.く, あ.くる, あ.かす

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JLPT 4

6 strokes

oneself

On'Yomi: ジ, シ

Kun'Yomi: みずか.ら, おの.ずから, おの.ずと

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