暗闇|くらやみkurayami[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundarkness; the dark
   暗闇くらやみの中なかで小ちいさな物ものが動うごいた。↗

   A tiny object moved in the dark.

• Synonym暗黒あんこくWrittenWritten/formal prose word for total blackness; also figurative for dark, hopeless times, as in 「暗黒時代」.
• Synonym闇やみNeutralCovers darkness but also secrecy and shady dealings, as in 「闇取引」; 「暗闇」 stresses an actual dark place.
• Synonym真っ暗闇まっくらやみNeutralColloquial emphatic form stressing total, pitch-black darkness where nothing can be seen.
• Synonym暗がりくらがりNeutralA dim place or time, not necessarily fully dark; also somewhere hidden from view. 「暗闇」 usually means darkness with no light at all.
• Related暗さくらさNeutralNames the degree of darkness, as in 「部屋の暗さ」; 「暗闇」 is the state or place of darkness itself.
• Antonym光明こうみょうWrittenWritten/formal antonym meaning bright light, mostly figurative for hope, as in 「光明が見える」.
• Antonym明るみあかるみNeutralA bright place, opposite of 「暗闇」; often in 「明るみに出る」, meaning to come out into the open or be made public.

Use 「暗闇」 for a pitch-black state or place. Say 「真っ暗闇」 to stress total blackness, 「暗がり」 for somewhere dim but not necessarily fully dark, and 「闇」 for secrecy or the shady side of things. 「暗黒」 is a written/formal alternative.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 明あかりが全まったくなく、暗くらいことや場所ばしょ、暗くらがり。
2. 人目ひとめに付つかない場所ばしょ、知しられていない場所ばしょ。
3. 前途ぜんとの見通みとおしが立たたず、将来しょうらいへの希望きぼうが持もてないこと。