Vocab Info

N2 Noun, No-adjective

(やみ)darkness, the dark, dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, black-marketeering, shady, illegal, under-the-table

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, No-adjective

      1.

      darkness, the dark

    2. Noun

      2.

      bewilderment, despair, hopelessness

    3. Noun

      3.

      hidden place, secrecy, oblivion

    4. Noun, No-adjective

      4.

      black market, shady trading, underhand transactions, illegal channels

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    闇 【やみ】

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    Examples

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      太陽(たいよう)(しず)み、(まち)(やみ)(つつ)まれました。

      The sun set, and the town was enveloped in darkness. {darkness, the dark, dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, black-marketeering, shady, illegal, under-the-table}

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      (ひと)(ころ)した犯人(はんにん)は、(こころ)(やみ)(かか)えているはずだ。

      The perpetrator who killed a person must be harboring darkness in their heart. {darkness, the dark, dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, black-marketeering, shady, illegal, under-the-table}

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      リストラされてしまったので、将来(しょうらい)(やみ)となってしまった。

      I was laid off, so my future has become bleak. {darkness, the dark, dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, black-marketeering, shady, illegal, under-the-table}

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      知人(ちじん)による紹介(しょうかい)がきっかけで(やみ)取引(とりひき)()()けたら、逮捕(たいほ)されました。

      I was arrested after getting involved in illegal transactions, which started from an introduction by an acquaintance. {darkness, the dark, dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, black-marketeering, shady, illegal, under-the-table}

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      警官(けいかん):「被害(ひがい)(しゃ)遺体(いたい)()つからない…。(おそ)らく(やみ)(ほうむ)られてしまったのだろう…。」

      Police Officer: 'The victim's body has not been found... It has probably been buried in the darkness...' {darkness, the dark, dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, black-marketeering, shady, illegal, under-the-table}

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