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 [áꜜǹ'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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN