黒

black sake (presented as an offering to the gods)

Rare term; Mineralogy

obsidian

iron

Rare term

black Africa

black leprosy

pitch black

Formal or literary term

jet-black; pitch-dark; raven-black; stygian

darkness

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

darkish; dusky; dark; murky

Idiomatic expression

to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

black and white; monochrome

good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted

dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned

pitch black; deep black

black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black

めぐろ only

Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo)

Word usually written using kana alone

Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)

expert; professional; master; connoisseur

woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

central pillar (of a building)

mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider; main man

deep black

Dark Ages

dark age

Abbreviation

god of wealth

Archaic

monk's wife

swarthy; dark-skinned

the dark side; the seamy side