闇やみから闇やみに葬ほうむる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

cover up; hush up; shroud in darkness

Used for deliberately hiding a scandal, crime, or inconvenient truth so that it never comes to light. Often implies a secretive, possibly illicit, cover-up.

• その事じ件けんは闇やみから闇やみに葬ほうむられた。

  The incident was hushed up and buried in darkness.

• 政せい治じ家かは不ふ祥しょう事じを闇やみから闇やみに葬ほうむろうとした。

  The politician tried to cover up the scandal.

expression, godan verb (-ru)

have a secret abortion

Euphemistic, somewhat dated expression for terminating a pregnancy in secret, often in contexts where abortion was illegal or heavily stigmatized. Rare in modern everyday speech.

• 昔むかしは、望のぞまない妊にん娠しんを闇やみから闇やみに葬ほうむるしかない女じょ性せいもいた。

  In the past, some women had no choice but to have a secret abortion.