► 名詞
闇 [(2)やみ] [liter] meaning: dark rank: 2
☆ 人生一寸先は闇だ ⇨ In life, one inch ahead is darkness. You never know what can happen (☛ A common phrase)
闇 [(2)やみ] [闇に葬る] [liter] meaning: dark rank: 2
☆ 事件は闇に葬られた ⇨ The incident was buried in the darkness, swept under the rug
More examples:
- この薬は無闇に使ってはいけない ⇨ You can’t use this medication unnecessarily, recklessly
- 子供を無闇に褒めそやすのは良くない ⇨ It is not good to praise children indiscriminately
- 暗闇に何者かがいる ⇨ Somebody is in the darkness
- 闇雲に撃っても当たらない ⇨ You won’t hit anything if you shoot without aiming
- 男が暗闇から現れた ⇨ A man emerged out of darkness
- 真実は闇に葬られた ⇨ The truth was buried in the darkness, hidden
- 目が暗闇に慣れるのに数秒掛かった ⇨ It took some seconds for my eyes to get used to the darkness
- 闇の魔王 ⇨ The evil lord of darkness
- 暗闇で何かがごそごそ動いている ⇨ Something is moving around in the dark
- 洞窟の中は真っ暗闇だった ⇨ The inside of the cave was a complete darkness
- 私は暗闇の中を探りながら歩いた ⇨ I walked while feeling in the darkness
- 私は闇の中を手探りで進んだ ⇨ I walked in the darkness by feeling with hands
- 無闇矢鱈に金をつぎ込んでも成功しない ⇨ You won’t succeed by just pouring money blindly
- 闇に潜む魔物 ⇨ An evil hiding in the dark
- 暗闇に何かが潜んでいる ⇨ Something is lurking in the darkness