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暗号解あんごうかいNoun
1

cipher-key; key to a code

暗々闇々暗暗闇闇あんあん～と AdverbArchaic
1

'taru' adjective

dark; gloomy

薄暗いうすぐらい～い Adj.Freq #3527
1

dim; gloomy

Examples
薄暗い光の中で彼の顔を見た。
I saw his face in the dim light.
真っ暗まっくらNoun～な Adj.Freq #4595
1

pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark

Examples
外は真っ暗だった。
It was pitch black outside.
2

very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

暮れるくれる昏れる眩れる暗れるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #7745
1

to get dark; to grow dark

Examples
冬の日は速く暮れる。
The night falls fast in winter.
2

to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to close

3

to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought); to be overcome with

むやみ《無闇》《無暗》Noun～な Adj.Usually kanaFreq #11988
1

thoughtless; reckless; rash; indiscriminate; indiscreet

2

Adverb taking the 'to' particle; Often used adverbially as むやみに or むやみと

excessive; unreasonable; immoderate; absurd

疑心暗鬼ぎしんあんきExpression四字熟語Freq #18355
1

Abbreviation

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

Examples
彼は、だまされてばかりいて、疑心暗鬼になっている。
He has a lot of fear and doubt because people are always fooling him.
後ろ暗い後ろぐらいうしろ暗いうしろぐらい～い Adj.Freq #22349
1

shady; underhanded; questionable

Examples
俺は締め出されてるんだぞ？後ろ暗いことがあるに決まってる。
I was locked out! There's got to be something fishy going on.
夜暗夜闇やあんよやみ (夜闇)NounFreq #22952
1

dead of night; shades of night; black of night

真っ暗闇まっくらやみNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #24647
1

complete darkness; total darkness; pitch darkness

Examples
ブレーカーが落ちて真っ暗闇になった時、赤ちゃんが怖くて泣きだしました。
When the breaker tripped and it became pitch black, the baby got scared and started crying.
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

根暗ねくらネクラNoun～な Adj.Freq #25747
1

Colloquial

dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum; pessimistic

目の前が真っ暗になる目の前がまっくらになるめのまえがまっくらになるExpressionGodan verbFreq #26106
1

to lose hope

2

to be plunged into darkness

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.
ほの暗い仄暗いほのぐらい～い Adj.Freq #29956
1

dim; dusky; gloomy

立ちくらみ立ち眩み立ち暗み立暗み立ち眩たちくらみNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #31490
1

dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo

Examples
立ちくらみがします。
I get dizzy spells when I stand up.
目の前が暗くなるめのまえがくらくなるExpressionGodan verbFreq #34907
1

to lose hope

明暗めいあんNounFreq #38157
1

light and darkness; light and shade

自己暗示じこあんじNoun四字熟語Freq #40740
1

autosuggestion; self-suggestion

丸暗記まるあんきNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #43030
1

rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)

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

ぼんくら盆暗ボンクラNounUsually kanaFreq #48993
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; thickheaded

2

blockhead; idiot; dimwit

灯台下暗し灯台もと暗しとうだいもとくらしExpressionFreq #53942
1

Proverb

it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London

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