闇

やみ

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective darkness; the dark
2. Noun bewilderment; despair; hopelessness
3. hidden place; secrecy; oblivion
4. Noun, の-adjective black market; shady trading; underhand transactions; illegal channels

Kanji

• 闇 darkness. Read as やみ.

Example sentences

• 雨がやみさえすればいいのになあ。
  If only it would stop raining!
• 雨がやみ次第、家に向かって出発しよう。
  We shall leave for home as soon as it stops raining.
• 雨がやみさえすればなあ。
  If only the rain would stop!
• 一寸先は闇。
  Who can read the future?
• 闇の中でかろうじて２人の人影が見分けられた。
  We could barely make out two figures in the dark.

Common phrases

• 深い闇
• 闇に葬る
• 闇を抱える
• 闇がある
• 闇に消える
• 闇に紛れて (やみにまぎれて) under cover of night
• 闇に紛れる
• 闇を描く
• 闇に隠れる
• 闇を照らす
• 闇に落ちる

Words containing 闇

• 暗闇 (くらやみ) darkness
• 闇堕ち (やみおち) joining the dark side
• 闇鍋 (やみなべ) stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun

And 60 more.

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