Moto 暗: Darkness; Disappear; ShadeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- アン
- Kun'yomi
- くら(い)、くら(む)、くれ(る)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 245 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (アン)
- 暗殺あんさつassassination
- 明暗めいあんlight and darkness; light and shade
- 暗にあんにimplicitly
- 暗礁あんしょうreef; sunken rock
- 暗号あんごうcode; password
- 暗黙あんもくtacit; unspoken
- 暗雲あんうんdark clouds
- 暗黒あんこくdarkness
- 暗夜あんやdark night
- 暗示あんじhint; suggestion
- 暗算あんざんmental arithmetic
- 暗記あんきmemorization; memorisation
- 暗証番号あんしょうばんごうpersonal identification number; PIN
- 暗躍あんやくsecret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
- 暗転あんてん(theatrical) blackout
- 暗闘あんとうsecret feud
- 疑心暗鬼ぎしんあんきsuspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious
- まる暗記まるあんきrote memorization (memorisation); rote learning
- ケネディ大統領暗殺事件ケネディだいとうりょうあんさつじけんassassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (November 22, 1963); JFK assassination
- ケネディ暗殺ケネディあんさつassassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (November 22, 1963); JFK assassination
- データ暗号化規格データあんごうかきかくData Encryption Standard; DES
- ペアリング暗号ペアリングあんごうpairing-based cryptography
- リンク暗号化リンクあんごうかlink-by-link encipherment
- 丸暗記まるあんきrote memorization (memorisation); rote learning
- 公開鍵暗号こうかいかぎあんごうpublic key encryption
- 公開鍵暗号方式こうかいかぎあんごうほうしきpublic key cryptosystem
- 共有鍵暗号きょうゆうかぎあんごうsymmetric key cryptography
- 共有鍵暗号方式きょうゆうかぎあんごうほうしきshared key encryption
- 共通鍵暗号きょうつうかぎあんごうsymmetric key cryptography
- 冥暗めいあんgloom; shade
- 冷たい暗黒物質つめたいあんこくぶっしつcold dark matter
- 冷暗所れいあんしょcool, dark place
- 双暗車そうあんしゃtwin propellers
- 夜暗やあんdead of night; shades of night
- 如法暗夜にょほうあんやtotal (utter) darkness
- 対称鍵暗号たいしょうかぎあんごうsymmetric key cryptography
- 幽暗ゆうあんgloom; darkness
- 愚暗ぐあんimbecility
- 慣用暗号システムかんようあんごうシステムconventional cryptosystem
- 慣用暗号方式かんようあんごうほうしきconventional cryptosystem
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 真っ暗まっくらtotal darkness; pitch dark
- 暗やみくらやみdarkness; the dark
- 薄暗いうすぐらいdim; gloomy
- 暗いくらいdark; gloomy
- 暗闇くらやみdarkness; the dark
- うしろ暗いうしろぐらいshady; underhanded
- うす暗いうすぐらいdim; gloomy
- お先真っ暗おさきまっくらvery bleak; dim
- ほの暗いほのぐらいgloomy; obscure
- まっ暗まっくらtotal darkness; pitch dark
- 仄暗いほのぐらいgloomy; obscure
- 夜明け前が一番暗いよあけまえがいちばんくらいit's always darkest before the dawn; the darkest hour is just before the dawn
- 姿を暗ますすがたをくらますto disappear; to vanish
- 小暗いおぐらいdusky; dim
- 小暗がりこくらがりdimness; dimly lit place
- 後ろ暗いうしろぐらいshady; underhanded
- 御先真っ暗おさきまっくらvery bleak; dim
Other readings
- 三暗刻サンアンコーthree concealed pungs
- 四暗刻スーアンコーfour concealed triplets (yakuman); four concealed three-of-a-kinds
- 大暗斑だいあんもんGreat Dark Spot (on Neptune)
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