black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
charred; burnt black; scorched black
dark clouds; black clouds
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
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
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
large crowd; mass of people
black ground; black cloth
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
black and white; right and wrong
charred; burnt black; scorched black
black beard; type of noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin
black lily (Fritillaria camtschatcensis); Kamchatka lily; Kamchatka fritillary
black ball; black, round sigil; pupil; black candy
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
sunglasses; shady glasses; dark glasses
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
black stone; black (go pieces)
black terracotta; black soil
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
black belt (judo, karate, etc.)
black pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine
black rotary-dial telephone
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
black maple (Acer nigrum)
black tinge; black colour; black color; (arch.) black part; (arch.) dark spot
dark bay (horse coat color)
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
stout; dark beer; porter's ale
charring; something charred; traditional medicine made from charred ingredients
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand (in kabuki); prompter
Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text
black tinge; black colour; black color; (arch.) black part; (arch.) dark spot
hydrilla (species of aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata); Papenfussiella kuromo (species of brown algae)
charring; something charred; traditional medicine made from charred ingredients
black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand (in kabuki); prompter
black mold (Aspergillus niger); black mould
reddish brown tinged with black
to blacken (something); to make something black; to talk wrong into right
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
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 lustre; black luster
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
black diamond; carbon; carbonado
black sealing ink; black stamp pad
black mold (Aspergillus niger); black mould
black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans)
black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)
meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine
biotite; black or green mica
black mold (Aspergillus niger); black mould
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
black goods; consumer electronics products
black cataract; amaurosis
kurofuda; type of Japanese playing cards
Japanese wood ant (Formica japonica)
southerly wind blowing at the start of the rainy season
charring; something charred
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
Rubus mesogaeus (species of blackberry)
black cataract; amaurosis
squid chopped, salted and mixed in its own ink
to blacken; to become black
to blacken; to become black
crumbly black topsoil; porous hardened lava
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
black turtle bean; black bean
dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
black turtle bean; black bean
black turtle bean; black bean
sake lees with black or brown specks (from oxidation enzymes produced by the yeast)
black chestnut (horse coat color)
steel gray (horse coat color); steel grey
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
Aspergillus niger; Aspergillus awamorii; black koji mold
Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens)
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens)
Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis)
sabre-toothed blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus)
Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)
black-footed cat (Felis nigripes)
smoky brown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa); smokybrown cockroach
smoky brown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa); smokybrown cockroach
Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
smoky brown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa); smokybrown cockroach
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
wild carrot (Daucus carota); Queen Anne's lace
copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes); bronze whaler; narrowtooth shark
black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii, species of monitor lizard from the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia); Beccari's monitor
common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes); bronze whaler; narrowtooth shark
Central American cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti)
snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus); black-faced kangaroo; mallee kangaroo; sooty kangaroo
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
love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena); ragged lady; fennelflower; nigella
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)
Pyropia kurogii (species of red algae)
Japanese black salamander (Hynobius nigrescens)
black-necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis)
snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
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)
snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
black cow-tongue (species of tonguefish, Paraplagusia japonica)
black lemur (Eulemur macaco)
parasitic jaeger; Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus); monk vulture; Eurasian black vulture; European black vulture
Kuroiwa's ground gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae); Ryukyu eyelid gecko
black sake (presented as an offering to the gods)
Kurokawa Station (Nagoya)
Kurosawa Station (Yokote)