明るい

あかるい
bright

Reading

Readingあかるいあかるい
N5 VocabJLPT N5adj-i
Kanji明

Meanings

  1. bright
  2. cheerful
  1. lightadj-i
  2. well-lit
  3. well-lighted
  4. bright (colour)adj-i
  5. spiritedadj-i
  6. sunny (e.g. disposition)
  7. bright (future, prospects, etc.)adj-i
  8. rosy
  9. encouraging
  10. promising
  11. knowledgeable (about)adj-ias ...に明るい
  12. familiar (with)
  13. well versed (in)
  14. well acquainted (with)
  15. fair (e.g. politics)adj-i
  16. clean
  17. impartial

Real voices: how native speakers say it

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このライトスタンドは明るさの調整はできません
このらいとすたんどはあかるさのちょうせいはできませんThis light stand can't adjust brightness.
真っ昼間だったせいか、点ける前と部屋の明るさは大して変わらなかった。
まっぴるまだったせいか、てんけるまえとへやのあかるさはたいしてかわらなかった。Because it was broad daylight, the room brightness before and after turning on was not much different.
照明を明るいものに変更してから客が増えた
しょうめいをあかるいものにへんこうしてからきゃくがふえたAfter changing to brighter lighting, customers increased.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0