解明|かいめいkaimei[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbelucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
    The government appointed a committee to investigate the accident.
Conjugation
Dictionary form解明する(かいめいする)
Polite (masu)解明します(かいめいします)
Negative (nai)解明しない(かいめいしない)
polite (masen)解明しません(かいめいしません)
classical zu / nu解明せず・解明せぬ(かいめいせず・かいめいせぬ)
Past (ta)解明した(かいめいした)
polite (mashita)解明しました(かいめいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)解明しなかった(かいめいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)解明しませんでした(かいめいしませんでした)
Te form解明して(かいめいして)
Potential解明できる(かいめいできる)
Passive解明される(かいめいされる)
Causative解明させる(かいめいさせる)
Causative passive解明させられる(かいめいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)解明すれば(かいめいすれば)
tara解明したら(かいめいしたら)
Volitional解明しよう(かいめいしよう)
polite (mashou)解明しましょう(かいめいしましょう)
Imperative解明しろ(かいめいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym明らかにするあきらかにするNeutralThe everyday set phrase for making something clear or disclosing it, as in 「真相を明らかにする」; 「解明」 is the more written, academic option.
  • Related見出すみいだすNeutralFinds or discovers something of value, as in 「意義を見出す」; 「解明」 centers on clarifying principles.
  • Related突き止めるつきとめるNeutralPins down where something is or what caused it; 「解明」 centers on clarifying principles and mechanisms.
  • Relatedあぶり出すあぶりだすNeutralExposes hidden things and brings them into the open; 「解明」 centers on clarifying principles.
  • Related見つけ出すみつけだすNeutralMeans finding something out, as in 「答えを見つけ出す」; 「解明」 centers on clarifying principles and mechanisms.
  • Related明らめるあきらめるWrittenAn archaic verb meaning to elucidate or clarify; in modern Japanese say 「明らかにする」.

Use 「解明」 for clarifying scientific principles or the truth of an event, as in 「原因の解明」; it leans written and academic. In speech, say 「明らかにする」. Use 「突き止める」 to pin down a location or cause, 「あぶり出す」 to expose, and 「見出す」 to find value.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 不明ふめいな点てんを明あきらかにすること。
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