► 動詞
暮れる [くれる] meaning: dark rank: 2
☆ もうすぐ日が暮れる ⇨ Soon the sun will set and it will get dark
暮れなずむ [(4)くれなずむ] [liter] meaning: dark rank: 4
☆ 暮れなずむ街 ⇨ The cityscape under twilight
黒ずむ [(3)くろずむ] meaning: dark rank: 4
☆ 妊娠すると乳首が黒ずむ ⇨ Nipples become darker when you are pregnant
► 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
暗黒 [あんこく] [liter] meaning: dark rank: 3
☆ 暗黒の帝王 ⇨ The lord of the darkness
☆ 欧州の暗黒時代 ⇨ The Dark Ages of Europe
隈 [(2)くま] meaning: dark rank: 3
☆ 眼の下にクマができた ⇨ I got dark circles under my eyes
暗闇 [くらやみ] [liter] meaning: dark rank: 3
☆ 暗闇に何かが潜んでいる ⇨ Something is lurking in the darkness
真っ暗闇 [まっくらやみ] meaning: dark rank: 4
☆ 洞窟の中は真っ暗闇だった ⇨ The inside of the cave was a complete darkness
► 形容詞
暗い [(2)くらい] meaning: dark rank: 1
☆ 外は未だ暗い ⇨ It is still dark outside
☆ 彼は性格が暗い ⇨ He has pessimistic, gloomy, joyless, personality (☛ Unlike English 暗い has no connotations of “dark” as in “evil”, “immoral”)
濃い [(1)こい] meaning: dark rank: 1
☆ 濃い青 ⇨ Dark blue (☛ About color only)
薄暗い [(4)うすぐらい] meaning: dark rank: 2
☆ 薄暗い部屋 ⇨ A semi-dark room
浅黒い [(4)あさぐろい] meaning: dark rank: 4
☆ 彼は浅黒い肌をしている ⇨ He is swarthy, brown-skinned
► 形容動詞
真っ暗 [(3)まっくら] meaning: dark rank: 2
☆ 家の中は真っ暗だった ⇨ It was pitch dark inside the house
真っ暗 [(3)まっくら] [お先真っ暗] meaning: dark rank: 2
☆ これではお先真っ暗だ ⇨ The future looks bleak
暗澹 [あんたん] [liter] meaning: dark rank: 4
☆ 未来は暗澹としている ⇨ The future looks bleak and unsure