Kanji
闇
N1
17 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1969
get dark, gloom, disorder
On'yomi (音読み)
アン、 オン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
やみ、 くら.い
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
黒闇
こくあん
darkness; blackness
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)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
闇
やみ
darkness; the dark
暗闇
くらやみ
darkness; the dark
無闇に
むやみに
thoughtlessly; recklessly
薄暗闇
うすくらやみ
gloom; semi-darkness
闇から闇に葬る
やみからやみにほうむる
to cover up; to hush up
闇夜の灯火
やみよのともしび
light in the darkness; guiding beacon of light
頻闇
しきやみ
total darkness
闇バイト
やみバイト
illegal part-time job; questionable part-time job
恋の闇
こいのやみ
losing one's reason due to love; lack of judgment due to love
闇医者
やみいしゃ
back-alley doctor
Example sentences
彼(かれ)あんなに元気(げんき)だったのに。突然(とつぜん)亡(な)くなるなんて。一寸先は闇(いっすんさきはやみ)だね。
He was so healthy up to the minute of his sudden death. You really never know what might happen next.
猫(ねこ)は闇(やみ)で物(もの)が見(み)える。
A cat can see in the dark.
彼(かれ)は別(わか)れを告(つ)げて、暗闇(くらやみ)の中(なか)を出発(しゅっぱつ)した。
He took his leave and set out in the dark.
猫(ねこ)は暗闇(くらやみ)で目(め)が見(み)えると気(き)がついた。
I realized that cats can see in the dark.