black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
black cat; Yamato Transport (door-to-door delivery service company)
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down
in deep black; in jet black
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
black lustre; black luster
charred; burnt black; scorched black
dark clouds; black clouds
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
black ground; black cloth
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter
black spot; black dot; mark indicating a defeat; loss; failure
black and white; right and wrong
black beard; noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin
large-pupilled; dark-eyed; having large irises
mass (of people); large crowd
black lily (Fritillaria camtschatcensis); Kamchatka lily; Kamchatka fritillary
black hair; black-haired horse
black ball; black, round sigil; pupil; black candy
sunglasses; shady glasses; dark glasses
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
black stone; black (go pieces)
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)
black terracotta; black soil
while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive); as long as one lives
black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice; charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables
black rotary-dial telephone
to blacken; to make black
black pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra); crested black macaque; Sulawesi crested macaque; black ape
deep brown; dark tea (e.g. Chinese pu'er tea); fermented tea
purulent blood; blood from an open wound or sore
while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive)
black tinge; black colour; black color; (arch.) black part; (arch.) dark spot
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
dark bay (horse coat color)
black maple (Acer nigrum)
black lacquer; black-lacquered object; jet black
charring; something charred; traditional medicine made from charred ingredients
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
stout; dark beer; porter's ale
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
blackhead; dark discoloration; blackening; (black or dark) tarnish
black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand; prompter
black mouse; rat with black fur; deceitful employee; unfaithful servant; dark gray; dark grey
Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text
tanned gyaru; gyaru fashion subculture style characterized by deeply-tanned or darkened skin
moving into the black; becoming profitable
hydrilla (species of aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata); Papenfussiella kuromo (species of brown algae)
black borders; mourning borders (e.g. on an obituary)
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice; black rice
black mold (Aspergillus niger); black mould
glossy black hair (of a young woman); raven black hair
blowfly (excluding bluebottles and greenbottles)
pitch black; completely black
eunicid worm (Marphysa sanguinea); lugworm (Arenicola brasiliensis); black-colored insect (e.g. stag beetles)
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
reddish brown tinged with black
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
black-and-white television
to blacken (something); to make something black; to talk wrong into right
scheming; malicious; wicked; blackhearted
reverse video; white-on-black; white and black inversion
returning to profit; turnaround
black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
black Lolita (fashion style)
formal, black kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono
thick black silk from Hachijo Island
black diamond; carbon; carbonado
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
Japanese arborvitae (Thuja standishii)
Kurozumi-kyo (sect of Shinto)
eastern reef heron (Egretta sacra); Pacific reef heron
common scoter (Melanitta nigra); black scoter (Melanitta americana)
black sealing ink; black stamp pad
business insolvency due to liquidity problems
kurofuda (type of Japanese playing cards)
black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans)
black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)
blackshirts (Italian fascist group); squadristi; camicie nere
biotite; black or green mica
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
blackbird (Turdus merula)
person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person
meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine
black goods; consumer electronics products
black cataract; amaurosis
red-black tree; self-balancing binary search tree
Black September (Palestinian extremist group responsible for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics)
The Black Cat (1843 short story by Edgar Allan Poe)
Japanese wood ant (Formica japonica)
to blacken; to become black
southerly wind blowing at the start of the rainy season
Kuroshio Current; Kuroshio Current Meander
charring; something charred
blackshirts (Italian fascist group); squadristi; camicie nere
Rubus mesogaeus (species of blackberry)
slip for regular business transactions
black-eyed pea; black-eyed bean
squid chopped, salted and mixed in its own ink
black-and-white paper twine (on condolence offerings)
black knight; masterless knight (esp. one lacking heraldry)
to blacken; to become black
crumbly black topsoil; porous hardened lava
cavolo nero (cultivar of Brassica oleracea acephala); lacinato kale; Tuscan kale; black kale
black registration plate with yellow characters (used for business use light motor vehicles)
black crushing; black clipping; loss of dark detail
castle construction with high earthen ramparts
black turtle bean; black bean
crumbly black topsoil (esp. from weathered volcanic ash); loam soil
reducing staff despite being profitable; cutting jobs while in the black
dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out
black tassel hung above the northwest corner of the ring
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
yellowfin surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus)
Aspergillus niger; Aspergillus awamorii; black koji mold
sake lees with black or brown specks (from oxidation enzymes produced by the yeast)
gray bunting (Emberiza variabilis); grey bunting
people are formed by their surroundings; walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble; (lit.) that which is dyed with ink becomes black
black chestnut (horse coat color)
steel gray (horse coat color); steel grey
paradise shelduck (Tadorna variegata); paradise duck; pūtangitangi
insisting one is right even after one has been proven wrong
Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
American black bear (Ursus americanus)
smut fungus (Microbotryum violaceum)
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens)
Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis)
Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi); Ryukyu rabbit
sabre-toothed blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus)
bog bilberry (Vaccinium uliginosum); northern bilberry
Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)
black-footed cat (Felis nigripes)
smoky brown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa); smokybrown cockroach
Eleocharis kuroguwai (species of spikerush); Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa)
Korean rockfish (Sebastes schlegelii); Schlegel's black rockfish
spotted scat (Scatophagus argus); green scat; red scat
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata)
wild carrot (Daucus carota); Queen Anne's lace
Alaska blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium); early blueberry; oval-leaf bilberry; oval-leaf blueberry; oval-leaf huckleberry
black mustard (Brassica nigra)
Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa)
copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes); bronze whaler; narrowtooth shark
love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena); ragged lady; fennelflower; nigella
black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii); Beccari's monitor
common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus); northern bluefin tuna
copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus); bronze whaler; narrowtooth shark
Central American cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti)
snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea var. emphyllocalyx)
blackening brittlegill (Russula nigricans)
black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus); black-faced kangaroo; mallee kangaroo; sooty kangaroo
black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes); American polecat; prairie dog hunter
slender-necked sea snake (Hydrophis melanocephalus)
red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands); harvest festival celebrating these gods (held in the 6th lunar month)
East Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii); black sea turtle
Caulerpa scalpelliformis (species of green alga)
blue trevally (Carangoides ferdau); banded trevally; barred trevally; Ferdau's trevally; Forskaal's jackfish
Bombus ignitus (species of bumblebee)
black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata)
Pyropia kurogii (species of red algae)
purple marshlocks (Comarum palustre); swamp cinquefoil; marsh cinquefoil
black-necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis)
Japanese black salamander (Hynobius nigrescens)
black grouse (Tetrao tetrix); blackcock (male black grouse); greyhen (female black grouse)
Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus); Bartel's myotis
black cow-tongue (species of tonguefish, Paraplagusia japonica)
kurogane holly (Ilex rotunda)
humpnose big-eye bream (Monotaxis grandoculis); bigeye emperor
black lemur (Eulemur macaco)
silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
parasitic jaeger; Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus); monk vulture; Eurasian black vulture; European black vulture
Japanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)
Kuroiwa's ground gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae); Ryukyu eyelid gecko
black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus); Oriental white ibis
Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
interesting; amusing; uninteresting; boring
black sake (presented as an offering to the gods)
Kuroishi Station (Aomori)
Kurokawa Station (Nagoya)
Kurosawa Station (Yokote)