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Keyword
realm of the dead
Info
FrequencyTop 1800-1900
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig322
Readings
めい
(68%)
くら
(19%)
Composed of
冖
roof without a chimney
日
sun
六
six
Mnemonic

The realm of the dead is obviously underground, so it must have a roof. If you'll end up there you'll never see the sun ever again, and everything you'll encounter there will come in multiplies of six, since six-six-six is the number of the beast that lives there.

Used in kanji (3 in total)
瞑
close one's eyes
螟
injurious parasite
溟
???
Used in vocabulary (59 in total)
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
hades; realm of the dead
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune
happiness in the next world; heavenly bliss; repose of one's soul
to pray for the repose of someone's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
Hades (god); Pluto (god)
the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead; Hades
Pluto (dwarf planet)
the good fortune to have been born male
divine protection; divine blessing; blessed; fortunate; monetary offering (to a temple or shrine); form of Edo-period business tax
providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage
the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead; Hades
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune
may your soul rest in peace; I pray for your happiness in the afterlife
joy of being born a woman; good fortune of being born a woman
darkness
providential protection
semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light
meditation; contemplation
hades; realm of the dead
monetary offering (to a temple or shrine); form of Edo-period business tax
dark; invisible
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
bigoted; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor
secret aid by the gods
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
katabasis (descent to and return from the underworld)
may your soul rest in peace; I pray for your happiness in the afterlife
unawares; before one is aware
retribution; divine punishment
to die; to quit this world; to return to the earth; to go the way of all flesh; to part forever
the world is covered in darkness; all is plunged into darkness
(mnemonic for) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
unawares; before one is aware
to receive too many blessings; to be excessively favoured; to be too good for
divine protection; divine blessing; providence
darkness; gloom
gloom; shade
stubborn and ignorant
dim and distant
dim and distant
obstinate; wrong-headed; bigoted
gloom; shade
dark; invisible
ancient Chinese god of the north (or rain, water, etc.)
shades of the dead
Hades; underworld; realm of the dead; other world
unawares; before one is aware
to die; to quit this world; to return to the earth; to go the way of all flesh; to part forever
katabasis (descent to and return from the underworld)
katabasis (descent to and return from the underworld)
evening twilight
Hadean; Hadean eon
plutoid; ice dwarf
plutino
Examples (1 in total)
A long time ago when Pluto was still a planet, there was a boy named Tom.