Kanji1 / 13
暗 kanji
darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
アン
Kun readings
くらいくらむくれる
Words with 暗
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —暗中in the dark
- —暗転(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
- —暗闘secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
- —暗部dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
- —暗躍secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
- —暗流undercurrent
- —暗涙silent tears
- —暗喩metaphor
- —暗愚foolish; imbecile; feebleminded
- —夜暗dead of night; shades of night; black of night
- —幽暗gloom; darkness; seclusion
- —暗影shadow; gloom
- —暗譜memorizing a musical score
- —冥暗gloom; shade
- —暗緑dark green
- —暗線dark line (in a spectrum); absorption line
- —暗澹dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
- —暗視night vision
- —暗点scotoma; scotomatous
- —暗幕blackout curtain