| 1 | 明 (みょう) |
| (n) (1) (Buddh) vidya (wisdom) |
| 2 | 五明 (ごみょう) |
| (n) the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy) |
| 3 | 明夜 (みょうや) |
| (n-adv,n-t) tomorrow night |
| 4 | 無明 (むみょう) |
| (n) (Buddh) avidya (ignorance) |
| 5 | 因明 (いんみょう) |
| (n) hetuvidya (ancient Indian logic for determining right from wrong, truth from falsehood, etc.) |
| 6 | 光明 (こうみょう) |
| (n) glory |
| 7 | 灯明 (とうみょう) |
| (n) light offered to a god |
| 8 | 内明 (ないみょう) |
| (n) adhyatmavidya (inner studies, ancient Indian philosophy) |
| 9 | 分明 (ふんみょう) |
| (adj-na,n) clearness |
| 10 | 分明 (ぶんみょう) |
| (adj-na,n) clearness |
| 11 | 明日 (みょうにち) |
| (n-t) tomorrow |
| 12 | 明年 (みょうねん) |
| (n-adv,n-t) next year |
| 13 | 明晩 (みょうばん) |
| (n-adv,n-t) tomorrow evening |
| 14 | 医方明 (いほうみょう) |
| (n) cikitsavidya (the ancient Indian study of medicine) |
| 15 | 声明 (しょうみょう) |
| (n) (1) sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies) |
| 16 | 明後日 (みょうごにち) |
| (n-adv,n-t) day after tomorrow |
| 17 | 明後年 (みょうごねん) |
| (n-adv,n-t) year after next |
| 18 | 明春 (みょうしゅん) |
| (n-t) next spring |
| 19 | 明星 (みょうじょう) |
| (n) (1) morning star |
| 20 | 明朝 (みょうちょう) |
| (n-adv,n-t) tomorrow morning |
| 21 | 明年度 (みょうねんど) |
| (n-t) next (fiscal) year |
| 22 | 工巧明 (くぎょうみょう) |
| (n) silpasthanavidya (ancient Indian study of the arts, inc. mathematics and mechanics) |
| 23 | 今明日 (こんみょうにち) |
| (n-t) today and (or) tomorrow |
| 24 | カリ明礬 (カリみょうばん) |
| (n) potassium alum |
| 25 | 春日明神 (かすがみょうじん) |
| (n) Kasuga Myoujin (the deity of Kasuga Shrine) |
| 26 | 五大明王 (ごだいみょうおう) |
| (n) (Buddh) five great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Trilokavijaya, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka) |
| 27 | 持明院統 (じみょういんとう) |
| (n) imperial lineage from Emperor Gofukakusa to Emperor Gokomatsu |
| 28 | 白衣明妃 (びゃくえみょうひ) |
| (n) (Buddh) Pandara |
| 29 | 不動明王 (ふどうみょうおう) |
| (n) (Buddh) Acala |
| 30 | 無明長夜 (むみょうじょうや) |
| (n) the long night of spiritual darkness |
| 31 | クロム明礬 (クロムみょうばん) |
| (n) chrome alum |
| 32 | 愛染明王 (あいぜんみょうおう) |
| (n) (Buddh) esoteric school deity of love |
| 33 | 明けの明星 (あけのみょうじょう) |
| (n) Venus in the eastern morning sky |
| 34 | 烏枢沙摩明王 (うすさまみょうおう) |
| (n) Ucchusama |
| 35 | 軍荼利明王 (ぐんだりみょうおう) |
| (n) Kundali |
| 36 | 光明真言 (こうみょうしんごん) |
| (n) (Buddh) Mantra of Light |
| 37 | 八大明王 (はちだいみょうおう) |
| (n) (Buddh) eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka) |
| 38 | 宵の明星 (よいのみょうじょう) |
| (n) evening star |
| 39 | 烏枢沙摩明王 (うすしゃまみょうおう) |
| (n) Ucchusama |
| 40 | 降三世明王 (ごうざんぜみょうおう) |
| (n) (Buddh) Trailokyavijaya Vidya-raja |
| 41 | 大威徳明王 (だいいとくみょうおう) |
| (n) (Buddh) Yamantaka Vidya-raja |
| 42 | 夜明けの明星 (よあけのみょうじょう) |
| (n) morning star |