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)

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

(Tokyo) あんや [áꜜn'yà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ã̠ɰ̃ja̠]

Noun

闇(あん)夜(や) • (an'ya)

a dark night, a night with no moon
a dark and depressing outlook

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

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