暗

Meaning

暗 centers on the absence of light: literal darkness, growing dark, or being blinded. The informal sense extends from things done in the shadows, away from open visibility.

• 暗いくらい
  N5

  dark; gloomy; murky

• 暗殺あんさつ
  N1

  assassination

• 暗号あんごう

  code; password; cipher

• 暗黒あんこく

  darkness

• 暗あん

  darkness

• 暗闇くらやみ
  N1

  darkness; the dark

• 真っ暗まっくら
  N2

  pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark

• 暗示あんじ
  N1

  hint; suggestion; clue; implication

• 暗記あんき
  N3

  memorization; memorisation; learning by heart

• 暗黙あんもく
  N1

  tacit; unspoken; implicit

• 暗躍あんやく

  secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

• 暗証あんしょう

  code; cipher; password

• 薄暗いうすぐらい
  N3

  dim; gloomy

• 暗にあんに

  implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

• 疑心暗鬼ぎしんあんき

  suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

• 明暗めいあん
  N1

  light and darkness; light and shade

• 暗唱あんしょう
  N1

  recitation; reciting from memory

• 暗転あんてん

  (theatrical) blackout

• 暗部あんぶ

  dark side (of nature, town, etc.)

• 暗雲あんうん

  dark clouds

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