晦
晦

dark, disappear

11 strokesGrade 9

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カイ

Kun

つごもりくら.いみそかくら.む

Nanori

もり

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くらむ眩む暗む晦むIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #24725
1

Word usually written using kana alone

to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be disoriented by

Examples
真昼の太陽がテニスコートを目も眩むほどに照らしあげた。
The noonday sun beat down with dazzling brightness on the tennis court.
2

Word usually written using kana alone

to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)

3

Archaic

to become dark

大晦日大みそかおおみそかNounFreq #26510
1

New Year's Eve

Examples
おおみそかには電車は終夜運転します。
On New Year's Eve, the trains will run all night.
姿をくらます姿を晦ます姿を暗ますすがたをくらますExpressionGodan verbFreq #27407
1

to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp

Examples
彼は借金を踏み倒して姿を暗ました。
He did not pay the debt and disappeared.
行方をくらます行方を晦ます行方を暗ますゆくえをくらますExpressionGodan verbFreq #28068
1

to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding

Examples
彼はどさくさにまぎれて行方をくらました。
He disappeared, taking advantage of the confusion.
くらます晦ます暗ますTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #44399
1

to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond

2

to deceive; to dissemble; to fool

三十日晦日晦みそかつごもり (晦日／晦)みそ (晦)かいじつ (晦日)NounFreq #49033
1

last day of the month

韜晦とうかいNounIntransitiveTransitive～する VerbFreq #50419
1

concealing one's talents, status, intentions, etc.; maintaining a strict incognito; self-effacement

晦渋かいじゅうNoun～な Adj.Freq #83691
1

ambiguous; obscure; equivocal

晦冥かいめいNounFreq #94304
1

darkness

晦朔かいさくNounArchaicFreq #143764
1

last and first days of the month

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