暗闇

See also: 暗暗

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
暗 闇
くら
Grade: 3		 やみ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

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”)).[1][2]

First cited to around 1007.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

暗(くら)闇(やみ) • (kurayami) 

  1. [circa 1007] darkness, the dark, complete absence of light; a dark place
    Synonyms: 暗がり (kuragari), 暗黒 (ankoku)
  2. [early 1200s] (figuratively) public chaos, disorder in the world
    • prior to 1330, The Tale of the Heike, book 2:
      天(てん)下(か)くらやみと成(な)ったりしに
      tenka kurayami to nattarishi ni
      the world had fallen into darkness / disorder
  3. an unknown or hidden place
  4. [1862] (figuratively) jail, prison
  5. [1911] (figuratively) psychological depression

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
暗 闇
くれ
Grade: 3		 やみ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

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”)).[1]

First cited to roughly 1014.[1]

May be obsolete. Not listed in various dictionaries.[2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ja̠mʲi]

Noun

暗(くれ)闇(やみ) • (kureyami) 

  1. [circa 1014] (figuratively, possibly obsolete) psychological distress, the state of being at a loss

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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