闇市

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])
  • (Tokyo) やみい​ち [yàmííꜜchì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [ja̠mʲiit͡ɕi]

Noun

闇市 (hiragana やみいち, rōmaji yamiichi)

1. a black market

Synonyms

• 闇 (やみ)市 (いち)場 (ば) (yamiichiba)