"暗闇" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [kɯ̟ɾa̠ja̠mʲi] Forms: 暗闇 [canonical] (ruby: (くら), (やみ)), kurayami [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 暗 (kura, “dark”, combining form used in compounds, stem of adjective 暗い (kurai, “dark”)) + 闇 (yami, “darkness, absence of light; night”, noun, derived from verb 止む (yamu, “cease, halt, stop”)). First cited to around 1007. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|暗|闇|pos1=combining form used in compounds, stem of adjective <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">暗い</i> (kurai, “dark”)|pos2=noun, derived from verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">止む</i> (yamu, “cease, halt, stop”)|sort=くらやみ|t1=dark|t2=darkness, absence of light; night|tr1=kura|tr2=yami}} 暗 (kura, “dark”, combining form used in compounds, stem of adjective 暗い (kurai, “dark”)) + 闇 (yami, “darkness, absence of light; night”, noun, derived from verb 止む (yamu, “cease, halt, stop”)) Head templates: {{ja-noun|くらやみ}} 暗(くら)闇(やみ) • (kurayami)
  1. darkness, the dark, complete absence of light; a dark place Synonyms: 暗がり, 暗黒
    Sense id: en-暗闇-ja-noun-8E~clHzv Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 43 18 24 6 9
  2. (figuratively) public chaos, disorder in the world Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-暗闇-ja-noun-uY3HLVUE
  3. an unknown or hidden place
    Sense id: en-暗闇-ja-noun-R2kwbZfY
  4. (figuratively) jail, prison Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-暗闇-ja-noun-pl-jg0gD
  5. (figuratively) psychological depression Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-暗闇-ja-noun-7QhJnrBb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [kɯ̟ɾe̞ja̠mʲi] Forms: 暗闇 [canonical] (ruby: (くれ), (やみ)), kureyami [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 暗 (kure, “darkening”, stem of verb 暗れる (kureru, “to darken, to become dark”)) + 闇 (yami, “darkness, absence of light; night”, noun, derived from verb 止む (yamu, “cease, halt, stop”)). First cited to roughly 1014. May be obsolete. Not listed in various dictionaries. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|暗|闇|pos1=stem of verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">暗れる</i> (kureru, “to darken, to become dark”)|pos2=noun, derived from verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">止む</i> (yamu, “cease, halt, stop”)|sort=くれやみ|t1=darkening|t2=darkness, absence of light; night|tr1=kure|tr2=yami}} 暗 (kure, “darkening”, stem of verb 暗れる (kureru, “to darken, to become dark”)) + 闇 (yami, “darkness, absence of light; night”, noun, derived from verb 止む (yamu, “cease, halt, stop”)) Head templates: {{ja-noun|くれやみ}} 暗(くれ)闇(やみ) • (kureyami)
  1. (figuratively, possibly obsolete) psychological distress, the state of being at a loss Tags: figuratively, obsolete, possibly
    Sense id: en-暗闇-ja-noun-hRXfL6H~ Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 5 6 1 2 77 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 5 7 2 3 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 5 7 2 3 73 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 15 9 21 9 9 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 9 7 13 3 5 63 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 5 7 2 3 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 9 8 2 2 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 2 5 2 2 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    "ja:松村明"
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  "word": "暗闇"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 暗闇 meaning in All languages combined (5.8kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "暗闇"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "暗闇",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "暗闇"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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