闇市

Japanese

Kanji in this term
闇	市
やみ Grade: S	いち Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

ヤミ市

Etymology

闇 (yami, “dark”) +‎ 市 (ichi, “market”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) やみいち [yàmíꜜìchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
(Tokyo) やみいち [yàmííꜜchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ja̠mʲiit͡ɕi]

Noun

闇(やみ)市(いち) • (yamiichi)

a black market

Synonyms

闇(やみ)市(いち)場(ば) (yamiichiba)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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