闇やみ夜よに烏からす

expression, noun

something indistinct; a crow in a pitch-black night

Idiomatic expression for something hard to distinguish or see clearly, like a black crow in the dark. Often used metaphorically to describe vague or indistinguishable things.

See also: 闇夜の烏

• その説せつ明めいは闇やみ夜よに烏からすのようなものだ。

  That explanation is like a crow in a pitch-black night—impossible to make out.

• 彼かれの意い図とは闇やみ夜よに烏からすで、誰だれにもわからなかった。

  His intentions were as indistinct as a crow in the dark, and no one could figure them out.