dark bay (horse coat color)
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
charred; burnt black; scorched black
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to blacken (something); to make something black; to talk wrong into right
black tinge; black colour; black color; (arch.) black part; (arch.) dark spot
thick black silk from Hachijo Island
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
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 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
charring; something charred; traditional medicine made from charred ingredients
Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text
black mold (Aspergillus niger); black mould
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
black lustre; black luster
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
large crowd; mass of people
black and white; right and wrong
black pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens)
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
dark clouds; black clouds
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
black ground; black cloth
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
sunglasses; shady glasses; dark glasses
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
black stone; black (go pieces)
black terracotta; black soil
black belt (judo, karate, etc.)
black rotary-dial telephone
black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand (in kabuki); prompter
black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand (in kabuki); prompter
black maple (Acer nigrum)
Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
stout; dark beer; porter's ale
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
hydrilla (species of aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata); Papenfussiella kuromo (species of brown algae)
black mold (Aspergillus niger); black mould
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
reddish brown tinged with black
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
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
Rubus mesogaeus (species of blackberry)
black diamond; carbon; carbonado
black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans)
black sealing ink; black stamp pad
black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)
sabre-toothed blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus)
Japanese wood ant (Formica japonica)
biotite; black or green mica
meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine
black cataract; amaurosis
black goods; consumer electronics products
Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)
southerly wind blowing at the start of the rainy season
black-footed cat (Felis nigripes)
smoky brown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa); smokybrown cockroach
smoky brown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa); smokybrown cockroach
kurofuda; type of Japanese playing cards
charring; something charred
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
to blacken; to become black
to blacken; to become black
squid chopped, salted and mixed in its own ink
dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
black cow-tongue (species of tonguefish, Paraplagusia japonica)
parasitic jaeger; Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
black-necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis)
black grouse (Tetrao tetrix); blackcock (male black grouse); greyhen (female black grouse)
crumbly black topsoil; porous hardened lava
crumbly black topsoil; porous hardened lava
Bombus ignitus (species of bumblebee)
red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands); harvest festival celebrating these gods (held in the 6th lunar month)
Caulerpa scalpelliformis (species of green alga)
black chestnut (horse coat color)
steel gray (horse coat color); steel grey
tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
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
copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes); bronze whaler; narrowtooth shark
Central American cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti)
wild carrot (Daucus carota); Queen Anne's lace
Aspergillus niger; Aspergillus awamorii; black koji mold
black lemur (Eulemur macaco)
sake lees with black or brown specks (from oxidation enzymes produced by the yeast)
East Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii); black sea turtle
cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus); monk vulture; Eurasian black vulture; European black vulture
Kuroiwa's ground gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae); Ryukyu eyelid gecko
Japanese black salamander (Hynobius nigrescens)
Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus); Bartel's myotis
snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
blue trevally (Carangoides ferdau); banded trevally; barred trevally; Ferdau's trevally; Forskaal's jackfish
western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus); black-faced kangaroo; mallee kangaroo; sooty kangaroo
Pyropia kurogii (species of red algae)
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)
love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena); ragged lady; fennelflower; nigella
black crushing; black clipping; loss of dark detail
black turtle bean; black bean
black turtle bean; black bean
black sake (presented as an offering to the gods)
Kurokawa Station (Nagoya)
Kurosawa Station (Yokote)