やみ
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. darkness; the dark
Noun
2. bewilderment; despair; hopelessness
3. hidden place; secrecy; oblivion
Adjective (の)
Noun
4. black market; shady trading; underhand transactions; illegal channels
Kanji used
pitch-black darkness
Pitch accent
Top 1500
Used in vocabulary (51 in total)
very dim light
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
dusk; twilight
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
dusk; twilight
pitch dark; total darkness
dark night; moonless night
black market
back-alley doctor
under cover of night
everlasting darkness
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
black-market lending; illegal loan
pitch-darkness
black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
street prostitute
pitch dark; total darkness
underground world; underground society
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness
very dim light
black-market channels; illegal channels
to peer into the darkness
illegal website (i.e. websites featuring child pornography, selling drugs, etc.); website encouraging illegal activities; suicide-encouraging website
illegal donation; secret contribution
black marketeer; black market trader
to cover up; to hush up; to shroud in darkness; to have a secret abortion
black-market lending; illegal loan
dark road
black-market broker
shady dealings; illicit business; underground business
without one's knowledge; easily
power behind the throne; éminence grise; kingmaker; wire-puller; (lit.) shadow shogun
black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
black-market goods
dark night in the rainy season
losing one's reason due to love; lack of judgment due to love
black-market price
black-market price
love is blind
illegal price-fixing agreement
price-support measures for contraband goods
unauthorized cartel; unauthorised cartel
doing something without having decided what one's goal for it is; (lit.) a rifle in the dark
the darkness of ignorance
Examples (5 in total)
It was a deep darkness.
Darkness is the absence of light.
A cat can see in the dark.