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闇商人 (yamishounin) Japanese meaning: black marketeer | Kotomora

闇やみ商しょう人にん

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Meanings

1

black marketeer; black market trader

Refers to a person who buys and sells goods illegally, especially during shortages or under price controls.

戦せん後ご、多おおくの闇やみ商しょう人にんが物ぶっ資しを高たか値ねで売うって

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After the war, many black marketeers sold goods at high prices.

Kanji

闇get dark, gloom, disorder
商make a deal, selling, dealing in
人person

Related words

闇やみ市いち
闇市 is the black market itself, while 闇商人 is the person who operates in it.

Built from

闇やみ+商しょう人にん

Etymology

Compound of 闇 (yami, 'darkness; illegal') and 商人 (shōnin, 'merchant').