Illustration: During a power outage in a Japanese apartment, an adult stands just inside the hallway holding a small flashlight. Its light reveals one slipper, the edge of a shoe cabinet and the surprised face of a cat peering around the corner.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

闇やみ

yami

darkness, the dark

Example sentences

闇やみとは光ひかりがないことです。
Darkness is the absence of light.
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猫ねこは闇やみで物ものが見みえる。
A cat can see in the dark.
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光ひかりは闇やみを貫つらぬく。
The light penetrates the darkness.
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Kanji in 闇

闇get dark; gloomOnアン・オンKunやみ・くらい

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