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明らかに

あきらかに

clearly, obviously

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Examples

  1. 明らかに彼のミスだ。

    あきらかにかれのミスだ。

    It is clearly his mistake.

  2. 去年より明らかに客が増えた。

    きょねんよりあきらかにきゃくがふえた。

    There are clearly more customers than last year.

  3. 彼女の顔を見れば、明らかに怒っていると分かる。

    かのじょのかおをみれば、あきらかにおこっているとわかる。

    One look at her face and you can tell she is obviously angry.

  4. 調査によって原因が明らかになった。

    ちょうさによってげんいんがあきらかになった。

    The investigation brought the cause to light.

Common patterns

明らかになる
to come to light
明らかにする
to make clear, to reveal
明らかに違う
clearly different

Memory tip

Remember the pair 明らかになる (a fact becomes known) and 明らかにする (someone reveals it) — they appear constantly in news. As an adverb it states that the speaker judges something beyond doubt, often with a hint of criticism.

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