晦かい冥めい

noun

darkness; gloom

Literary or classical term for deep darkness, often with a poetic or ominous nuance. Rare in everyday speech; 暗闇 (くらやみ) is the common modern equivalent.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくでは、晦かい冥めいの闇やみがよく登とう場じょうする。

  In classical literature, the darkness of 晦冥 often appears.

• 「晦かい冥めい」は、現げん代だいではほとんど使つかわれない文ぶん語ご的てきな言こと葉ばだ。

  晦冥 is a literary word that is hardly used in modern times.