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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

明あかす

N1
あかす akasu
  1. to pass
  2. spend
  3. to reveal
  4. to divulge
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

度过;揭露

Chinese notes

一夜を明かす指通宵度过;秘密を明かす指揭露秘密。

Examples

  • 彼かれは寝ねずに一いち夜やを明あかした。
    He sat up all night.
    他一夜没睡。
  • これは秘ひ密みつです。他た人にんに明あかさないでください。
    This is a secret. Keep it to yourself.
    这是秘密,请不要告诉别人。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b82e2ceca8'); // 明かす
{
  "id": "b82e2ceca8",
  "word": "明かす",
  "reading": "あかす",
  "romaji": "akasu",
  "meanings": [
    "to pass",
    "spend",
    "to reveal",
    "to divulge"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1532220,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は寝ずに一夜を明かした。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{寝|ね}ずに{一夜|いちや}を{明|あ}かした。",
      "en": "He sat up all night.",
      "tatoeba_id": 103877
    },
    {
      "ja": "これは秘密です。他人に明かさないでください。",
      "furigana": "これは{秘密|ひみつ}です。{他人|たにん}に{明|あ}かさないでください。",
      "en": "This is a secret. Keep it to yourself.",
      "tatoeba_id": 218111
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "544462feba80a920c56449d4bd0668eb2cc570a489509ad426ac4c26dc430ec3",
    "meanings": [
      "度过",
      "揭露"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は寝ずに一夜を明かした。",
        "zh": "他一夜没睡。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "これは秘密です。他人に明かさないでください。",
        "zh": "这是秘密,请不要告诉别人。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/b82e2ceca8",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1532220; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "1ef3eb6a2911570f59fa19a642afed83a83dbedbe9a7950edfd30aeb1d9390c0",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "notes": "一夜を明かす指通宵度过;秘密を明かす指揭露秘密。"
  }
}