闇

Meaning

闇 centers on the absence of light and clarity: darkness, gloom, and by extension a state of confusion or disorder where things are hard to see or understand.

• 闇やみ
  N1

  darkness; the dark

• 暗闇くらやみ
  N1

  darkness; the dark

• 無闇むやみ
  N1

  thoughtless; reckless; rash; indiscriminate; indiscreet

• 闇夜やみよ

  dark night; moonless night

• 闇市やみいち

  black market

• 闇雲やみくも
  N1

  reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt

• 夕闇ゆうやみ
  N1

  dusk; twilight

• 常闇とこやみ

  everlasting darkness

• 宵闇よいやみ

  dusk; twilight

• 闇取引やみとりひき

  black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; illegal trade

• 無闇にむやみに
  N1

  thoughtlessly; recklessly; rashly; indiscriminately; indiscreetly; at random

• 一寸先は闇いっすんさきはやみ

  no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness

• 五月闇さつきやみ

  dark night in the rainy season

• 心の闇こころのやみ

  dark of the heart; depths of the human mind

• 恋の闇こいのやみ

  losing one's reason due to love; lack of judgment due to love

• 恋は闇こいはやみ

  love is blind

• 愚痴の闇ぐちのやみ

  the darkness of ignorance

• 暁闇あかつきやみ

  moonless dawn

• 暁闇ぎょうあん

  dark before dawn

• 木の下闇このしたやみ

  dark under the trees; obscurity of a forest

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