Keyword
pitch-black darkness
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig1748
Readings
やみ
(96%)
あん
(3%)
Composed of
gate
sound
Used in vocabulary (87 in total)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
darkness; the dark
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
dark night
very dim light
dusk; twilight
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
pitch dark; total darkness
dusk; twilight
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
under cover of night
dark night; moonless night
black market
everlasting darkness
back-alley doctor
pitch-darkness
black-market lending; illegal loan
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
dark before dawn
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
pitch dark; total darkness
black-market channels; illegal channels
underground world; underground society
to peer into the darkness
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
very dim light
illegal website (i.e. websites featuring child pornography, selling drugs, etc.); website encouraging illegal activities; suicide-encouraging website
illegal donation; secret contribution
to cover up; to hush up; to shroud in darkness; to have a secret abortion
street prostitute
black marketeer; black market trader
black-market lending; illegal loan
dark road
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
black-market broker
black-market rice
shady dealings; illicit business; underground business
dark under the trees; obscurity of a forest
court mourning (for the late emperor or empress); national mourning
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
without one's knowledge; easily
power behind the throne; éminence grise; kingmaker; wire-puller; (lit.) shadow shogun
black-market goods
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
dark night in the rainy season
something indistinct; (lit.) a crow in a pitch-black night
road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)
losing one's reason due to love; lack of judgment due to love
aimless attempt; shot in the dark
gloom; shade
black-market price
something indistinct; (lit.) a crow in a pitch-black night
black-market price
love is blind
being in tenpai but not calling riichi
dark hole; idiot; fool; historical road
thoughtlessly; recklessly; rashly; excessively; unreasonably; immoderately
imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark
dark; gloomy; black; doleful; discouraged; disappointed
dark; gloomy
dark; gloomy
gloom; darkness; seclusion
without one's knowledge; easily
court mourning (for the late emperor or empress); national mourning
imbecility
secretly; covertly; tacitly
secretly; covertly; tacitly
price-support measures for contraband goods
illegal price-fixing agreement
unauthorized cartel; unauthorised cartel
aimless attempt; shot in the dark; crapshot
aimless attempt; crapshot; shot in the dark
the darkness of ignorance
prostitute; imposter; fraudster; trickster
darkness; blackness
doing something without having decided what one's goal for it is; (lit.) a rifle in the dark
Examples (36 in total)
It was a deep darkness.
Darkness is the absence of light.
A cat can see in the dark.