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Keyword
dark
  • darkness
  • disappear
  • shade
  • informal
  • grow dark
  • be blinded
Frequency
#1040
Strokes
13
Grade
3
JLPT (old)
N3
Heisig
519
Readings
アン77%
くら23%
Mnemonic
The sun makes a sound, a faint sigh, then slips behind the hills, and the whole room goes dark.
Stroke order
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Used in vocabulary
暗あん殺さつ
assassination
Noun
暗くらい
dark; gloomy; murky; depressed; dispirited; down in the dumps; dark (mood); dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding; …
I-adjective
暗あん号ごう
code; password; cipher
Noun
暗あん黒こく
darkness
Noun
真まっ暗くら
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
Na-adjective
明めい暗あん
light and darkness; light and shade
Noun
暗くら闇やみ
darkness; the dark
Noun
無暗むやみに
thoughtlessly; recklessly; rashly; indiscriminately; indiscreetly; at random; excessively; unreasonably; immoderately; absurdly
Adverb
暗あんに
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
Adverb
暗あん礁しょう
reef; sunken rock; unforeseen difficulty
Noun
暗あん示じ
hint; suggestion; clue; implication
Noun
暗あん記き
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
Noun
暗あん証しょう番ばん号ごう
personal identification number; PIN; password number
Noun
暗あん黙もく
tacit; unspoken; implicit
No-adjective
暗あん雲うん
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
Noun
暗あん
darkness
Noun
無暗むやみ
thoughtless; reckless; rash; indiscriminate; indiscreet; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate; absurd
Na-adjective
暗あん躍やく
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
Noun
薄うす暗ぐらい
dim; gloomy
I-adjective
暗あん証しょう
code; cipher; password
Noun
疑ぎ心しん暗あん鬼き
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
Expression
暗あん転てん
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
Noun
暗あん闘とう
secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
Noun
暗あん唱しょう
recitation; reciting from memory
Noun