暗闇 (くらやみ) — darkness, the dark
暗闇
darkness
Frequency #6482
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
2 characters
和語 wago
和語 (wago) — Native Japanese compound: all kanji use kun'yomi (native Japanese) readings.
noun
Part of speech (JMdict: n)
kurayami
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
くらやみ[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- darkness
- the dark