Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “闇”

闇

やみ

darkness; the dark

Example sentence

Darkness is the absence of light.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

闇
On
あん;おん
Kun
やみ;くら.い
Stroke count
17

・get dark

・gloom

・disorder

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Related words to 闇

49 related words

闇

やみ

→

bewilderment;despair;hopelessness

闇

やみ

→

hidden place;secrecy;oblivion

闇

やみ

→

black market;shady trading;underhand transactions;illegal channels

闇の森

やみのもり

→

Mirkwood (fictional forest)

闇商人

やみしょうにん

→

black marketeer

闇夜

やみよ

→

dark night;moonless night

闇夜の灯火

やみよのともしび

→

light in the darkness;guiding beacon of light;godsend

闇市場

やみいちば

→

black market

闇サイト

やみサイト

→

illegal website (i.e. websites featuring child pornography, selling drugs, etc.);website encouraging illegal activities;suicide-encouraging website

闇将軍

やみしょうぐん

→

power behind the throne;éminence grise;kingmaker;wire-puller

闇取引

やみとりひき

→

black-market dealings;underhand transactions;shady trading;illegal trade

闇物資

やみぶっし

→

black-market goods

闇垢

やみアカ

→

alternative account (on social media, etc.);hidden account;sub account

闇堕ち

やみおち

→

joining the dark side;joining the forces of evil

闇夜に烏

やみよにからす

→

something indistinct

闇夜に鉄砲

やみよにてっぽう

→

aimless attempt;shot in the dark

闇夜の礫

やみよのつぶて

→

aimless attempt;crapshoot;shot in the dark

闇社会

やみしゃかい

→

underground world;underground society

闇相場

やみそうば

→

black-market price

闇市

やみいち

→

black market

闇価格協定

やみかかくきょうてい

→

illegal price-fixing agreement

闇ルート

やみルート

→

black-market channels;illegal channels

闇鍋

やみなべ

→

stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun

闇穴道

あんけつどう

→

road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)

闇ブローカー

やみブローカー

→

black-market broker

闇に紛れて

やみにまぎれて

→

under cover of night

闇値

やみね

→

black-market price

闇に鉄砲

やみにてっぽう

→

doing something without having decided what one's goal for it is

闇路

やみじ

→

dark road

闇営業

やみえいぎょう

→

shady dealings;illicit business;underground business

闇の女

やみのおんな

→

street prostitute

闇金融

やみきんゆう

→

black-market lending;illegal loan

闇から闇に葬る

やみからやみにほうむる

→

to cover up;to hush up;to shroud in darkness

闇再販

やみさいはん

→

price-support measures for contraband goods

闇を透かす

やみをすかす

→

to peer into the darkness

闇聴

やみテン

→

being in tenpai but not calling rīchi

闇討ち

やみうち

→

attack under the cover of darkness

闇夜の烏

やみよのからす

→

something indistinct

闇カルテル

やみカルテル

→

unauthorized cartel;unauthorised cartel

闇夜の鉄砲

やみよのてっぽう

→

aimless attempt;shot in the dark;crapshoot

闇雲

やみくも

→

reckless;(at) random;haphazard;blind;sudden;abrupt

闇屋

やみや

→

black marketeer;black market trader

闇バイト

やみバイト

→

illegal part-time job;questionable part-time job

闇闇

やみやみ

→

without one's knowledge;easily

闇給与

やみきゅうよ

→

secret pay

闇汁

やみじる

→

stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun

闇医者

やみいしゃ

→

back-alley doctor

闇取引

やみとりひき

→

secret dealings;secret arrangement

闇討ち

やみうち

→

surprise attack;sneak attack