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闇 (やみ): darkness, shady, illegal — Japanese vocabulary

闇 is read やみ and means "darkness, shady, illegal". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

闇

Reading
やみ · yami
Translation
darkness, shady, illegal
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
やみが

Example

光は闇の中に輝いている。

ひかりはやみのなかにかがやいている。

The light shines in the darkness.

Kanji in this word

  • 闇 — Get Dark, Gloom, Disorder

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