明かす
N1あかす akasu
- to pass
- spend
- to reveal
- 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
- 彼は寝ずに一夜を明かした。He sat up all night.他一夜没睡。
- これは秘密です。他人に明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。"
}
}