夜や闇あん

noun

dead of night; pitch darkness of night

Literary or poetic term for the deepest, darkest part of the night. Not used in everyday conversation; more common in written descriptions or classical contexts.

• 夜や暗あんに包つつまれた森もりは、不ぶ気き味みな静しずけさに満みちていた。

  The forest, wrapped in the pitch darkness of night, was filled with an eerie silence.

• 月つきも星ほしも見みえず、あたりは夜や暗あんに沈しずんでいた。

  With neither moon nor stars visible, the area lay in the pitch darkness of night.