木この下した闇やみ

expression, adverb

darkness under trees; gloom of a forest

Poetic and literary expression describing the deep shade or darkness beneath the canopy of trees. Often evokes a quiet, mysterious atmosphere.

• 木この下した闇やみに蛍ほたるがひとつ、ふたつと光ひかり始はじめた。

  In the darkness under the trees, fireflies began to glow one by one.

• 昼ひるなお木この下した闇やみの深ふかい森もりだった。

  It was a forest where the gloom under the trees was deep even at midday.