闇夜

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
闇 夜
やみ
Grade: S		 よ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) やみ​よ [yàmíꜜyò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠mʲijo̞]

Noun

闇(やみ)夜(よ) • (yamiyo) 

  1. a dark night, a night with no moon

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
闇 夜
あん
Grade: S		 や
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
暗夜

Pronunciation

Noun

闇(あん)夜(や) • (an'ya) 

  1. a dark night, a night with no moon
  2. a dark and depressing outlook

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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