宵闇
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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宵 | 闇 |
よい Grade: S | やみ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
From 宵 (yoi) + 闇 (yami).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) よいやみ [yòíyámí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [jo̞ija̠mʲi]
Noun
宵闇 • (yoiyami)
- evening twilight
- 1976, 松任谷由実 (Matsutōya Yumi) [Yumi Matsutoya] (lyrics), “翳りゆく部屋 (Kageriyuku Heya) [The Darkening Room]”, performed by 松任谷由実 (Matsutōya Yumi) [Yumi Matsutoya]:
- ふりむけばドアの隙間から
宵闇が しのび込む- furimukeba doa no sukima kara
yoiyami ga shinobikomu - When I turn back,
Twilight creeps in from a gap in the door
- furimukeba doa no sukima kara
- ふりむけばドアの隙間から
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References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN