Moto 闇: Get Dark; Gloom; DisorderKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- アン、オン
- Kun'yomi
- やみ、くら(い)
- Level
- Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 83 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (アン・オン)
- 亮闇りょうあんcourt mourning (for the late emperor or empress); national mourning
- 冥闇めいあんgloom; shade
- 夜闇やあんdead of night; shades of night
- 幽闇ゆうあんgloom; darkness
- 愚闇ぐあんimbecility
- 諒闇りょうあんcourt mourning (for the late emperor or empress); national mourning
- 闇愚あんぐimbecility; feeblemindedness
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 闇やみdarkness; the dark
- 暗闇くらやみdarkness; the dark
- 無闇にむやみにthoughtlessly; recklessly
- うす闇うすやみvery dim light
- 一寸先は闇いっすんさきはやみno one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book
- 夕闇ゆうやみdusk; twilight
- 宵闇よいやみdusk; twilight
- 常闇とこやみeverlasting darkness
- 恋の闇こいのやみlosing one's reason due to love; lack of judgment due to love
- 恋は闇こいはやみlove is blind
- 愚痴の闇ぐちのやみthe darkness of ignorance
- 暁闇あかつきやみmoonless dawn
- 木の下闇このしたやみdark under the trees; obscurity of a forest
- 無闇むやみthoughtless; reckless
- 無闇やたらむやみやたらthoughtless; reckless
- 無闇矢鱈むやみやたらthoughtless; reckless
- 真っ暗闇まっくらやみpitch dark; total darkness
- 真の闇しんのやみpitch-darkness
- 薄闇うすやみvery dim light
- 闇いくらいdark; gloomy
- 闇から闇に葬るやみからやみにほうむるto cover up; to hush up
- 闇に紛れてやみにまぎれてunder cover of night
- 闇の女やみのおんなstreet prostitute
- 闇を透かすやみをすかすto peer into the darkness
- 闇カルテルやみカルテルunauthorized cartel; unauthorised cartel
- 闇サイトやみサイトillegal website (i.e. websites featuring child pornography, selling drugs, etc.); website encouraging illegal activities
- 闇ブローカーやみブローカーblack-market broker
- 闇ルートやみルートblack-market channels; illegal channels
- 闇価格協定やみかかくきょうていillegal price-fixing agreement
- 闇値やみねblack-market price
- 闇再販やみさいはんprice-support measures for contraband goods
- 闇医者やみいしゃback-alley doctor
- 闇取り引きやみとりひきblack-market dealings; underhand transactions
- 闇商人やみしょうにんblack marketeer
- 闇営業やみえいぎょうshady dealings; illicit business
- 闇夜やみよdark night; moonless night
- 闇夜に烏やみよにからすsomething indistinct; a crow in a pitch-black night
- 闇夜の烏やみよのからすsomething indistinct; a crow in a pitch-black night
- 闇夜の礫やみよのつぶてaimless attempt; crapshot
- 闇将軍やみしょうぐんpower behind the throne; éminence grise
- 闇屋やみやblack marketeer; black market trader
- 闇市やみいちblack market
- 闇市場やみしじょうblack market
- 闇打ちやみうちattack under the cover of darkness
- 闇汁やみじるstew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
Other readings
- 五月闇さつきやみdark night in the rainy season
- 真暗闇まっくらやみpitch dark; total darkness
- 闇々やみやみwithout one's knowledge; easily
- 闇々のうちにあんあんのうちにsecretly; covertly
- 闇に鉄砲やみにてっぽうdoing something without having decided what one's goal for it is; a rifle in the dark
- 闇取引やみとりひきblack-market dealings; underhand transactions
- 闇夜に鉄砲やみよにてっぽうaimless attempt; shot in the dark
- 闇夜の鉄砲やみよのてっぽうaimless attempt; shot in the dark
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