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Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 黑暗 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 黒暗 (“absolute darkness”), a term which decomposes into 黒 (“black”) + 暗 (“darkness”), to native Japanese word やみ (yami, “darkness”).
Noun
黒暗 ／ 黑暗 (yami) → 闇 (yami), 黒暗(kokuan)
- darkness
- ※ Ordinarily, this word would have been written 闇 (yami), however, it was no ordinary darkness which existed before the creation of light.
Quotations
- ^ OT, page 1:
- 地は定形なく曠空くして黑暗淵の面にあり神の靈水の面を覆たりき
- Chi wa katachi naku munashiku shite yami wada no omote ni ari Kami no Rei mizu no omote wo ōitariki
- And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters