| 闇 | やみ | darkness, the dark, black-marketeering, dark, shady, illegal |
| 闇い | くらい | dark, gloomy; dark (in colour), dull; depressed, dispirited; sorrowful, bitter (as in a dark past); unclear, unfamiliar, unknown |
| 闇カルテル | やみカルテル | unauthorized cartel, unauthorised cartel |
| 暗闇 | くらやみ | darkness, the dark |
| 闇然 | あんぜん | dark, gloomy, black, unclear; doleful, discouraged, disappointed, tearful, dispirited |
| 闇雲 | やみくも | recklessly, blindly, at random |
| 闇愚 | あんぐ | imbecility, feeblemindedness; dark |
| 闇値 | やみね | black-market price |
| 闇路 | やみじ | dark road |
| 五月闇 | さつきやみ | dark night in the rainy season |
