JLPT N1 · な-adjective

明朗 (meirou)

明朗 (めいろう, meirou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “cheerful; bright”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: めいろう
Romaji: meirou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

cheerful; bright · な-adjective
clear; clean; honest; fair · な-adjective

Example sentences

彼は明朗快活な青年だ。

He is a cheerful young man.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 明朗

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	明朗だ	めいろうだ meirouda
Present (polite)	明朗です	めいろうです meiroudesu
Negative	明朗じゃない	めいろうじゃない meiroujanai
Past	明朗だった	めいろうだった meiroudatta
Negative past	明朗じゃなかった	めいろうじゃなかった meiroujanakatta
Te-form	明朗で	めいろうで meiroude
Before a noun	明朗な	めいろうな meirouna
Adverb (~ni)	明朗に	めいろうに meirouni

Kanji in 明朗

明

bright, lightメイ・ミョウ・あ.かり・あか.るい · 8 strokes

朗

melodious, clear, brightロウ・ほが.らか・あき.らか · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 明朗.

明日あしたtomorrow明るいあかるいlight明後日あさってday after tomorrow説明せつめいexplanation明日あすtomorrow証明しょうめいproof明確めいかくclear発明はつめいinvention文明ぶんめいcivilization照明しょうめいillumination声明せいめいdeclaration明かりあかりlight明らかあきらかclear明けるあけるto empty

Source: JMdict entry 1532640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.