暗闇 (くらやみ, kurayami) Japanese meaning: darkness | KotomoraThe room was in darkness.
He is afraid of the dark.
Usage patterns
〈場所〉は暗闇に包まれるfor a place to be enveloped in darkness
The room was plunged into darkness by the power outage.
暗闇の中で〈動詞〉to do something in the dark
I strained my eyes in the darkness.
目が暗闇に慣れるfor one's eyes to adjust to the dark
After a while, my eyes got used to the darkness.
暗闇から〈物〉が現れるfor something to emerge from the darkness
A figure emerged from the darkness.
