dark road
A road or path in darkness; often used in literary or poetic contexts to evoke a sense of gloom or uncertainty.
Walking alone on a dark road is frightening.
He strayed onto a dark path.
Compound of 闇 (yami, 'darkness') and 路 (ji, 'road'). The reading じ is a voiced form of ち (chi, 'road') due to rendaku.