| 明暗 | めいあん | light and shade, the bright and dark side |
| 遺伝暗号 | いでんあんごう
| genetic code/ |
| 丸暗記 | まるあんき | (n) indiscriminate memorizing/ |
| 疑心暗鬼 | ぎしんあんき
| (n) Suspicion will raise bogies/Once you
suspect something, everything else will look suspicious/ |
| 後ろ暗い | うしろぐらい
| (adj) shady/back or underhanded/ |
| 後ろ暗い事 | うしろぐらいこと | shady (questionable) matters/ |
| 根暗 | ねくら
| (adj-na,n)
dark-natured/introverted/dour/moody/insular/glum/pessimistic/ |
| 自己暗示 | じこあんじ
| self suggestion/autosuggestion/ |
| 手暗がり | てくらがり
| (n) shadow cast by a person's
hand/ |
| 小暗い | おぐらい | (adj) dusky/dim/shady/ |
| 小暗い | こぐらい
| (adj) dusky/dim/shady/ |
| 真っ暗 | まっくら
| (adj-na,n) total
darkness/shortsightedness/pitch dark/(P)/ |
| 真っ暗闇 | まっくらやみ
| (adj-na,n) pitch dark/ |
| 真暗 | まくら
| total darkness/shortsightedness/ |
| 真暗闇 | まくらやみ
| total darkness/ |
| 世事に暗い | せじにくらい | know little of the world/ |
| 双暗車 | そうあんしゃ | twin propellers/ |
| 昼尚暗い | ひるなおくらい | be dark even in the daytime/ |
| 昼猶暗い | ひるなおくらい | be dark even in the daytime/ |
| 灯台下暗し | とうだいもとくらし
| (exp) can't see the forest for the
trees/ |
| 薄暗い | うすぐらい | (adj) dim/gloomy/(P)/ |
| 棒暗記 | ぼうあんき | (n) indiscriminate learning by heart/(P)/ |
| 無暗 | むやみ
| (adj-na,n) reckless/excessive/ |
| 冥暗 | めいあん | gloom/shade/ |
| 明暗 | めいあん | (n) light and darkness/light and shade/(P)/ |
| 夜暗 | やあん
| dead of night/shades of night/ |
| 幽暗 | ゆうあん
| (adj-na,n) dark and secluded/ |
| 仄暗い | ほのぐらい | (adj) gloomy/obscure/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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