暗夜

あんや

Also written 闇夜

Meanings

1. Noun dark night See also: 闇夜 (やみよ).

Kanji

• 暗 dark. Read as アン.
• 夜 night. Read as ヤ.

Example sentences

• 闇夜に鉄砲じゃあるまいし、そんな場当たり的なやり方でうまくいくとは思えないよ。
  That's just a shot in the dark. How do you think you'll succeed by just acting on the spur of the moment like that?
• 闇夜だった。
  It was a dark night.
• 月も出ていない闇夜だった。
  It was a dark night, with no moon.

Words containing 暗夜

• 暗夜行路 (あんやこうろ) A Dark Night's Passing (novel by Shiga Naoya)
• 如法暗夜 (にょほうあんや) total (utter) darkness

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