Kanji

闇

get dark, gloom, disorder

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

17 strokes

Radical

門部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

アン, オン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

やみ, くらい

Example sentences

やみ
消えていった

He disappeared into the darkness.

暗殺者 あんさつしゃ
その 暗殺者 消えた

The assassin disappeared into the darkness.

暗闇 くらやみ
暗闇 消えていった

He disappeared into the darkness of the night.

方向 ほうこう
暗闇 した 方向 振り向いた

In the darkness, I turned toward the direction where the sound came from.

闇雲 やみくも
地図 見ずに 闇雲 走った

He ran blindly without looking at the map.

夕闇 ゆうやみ
夕闇 迫り 瞬き 始めた

Dusk approached, and stars began to twinkle in the sky.

輪郭 りんかく
夕闇 遠く 輪郭 ぼんやり 浮かび上がっている

In the dusk, the outline of the distant mountains is faintly emerging.

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