暗黒時代

Japanese
Kanji in this term
暗 黒 時 代
あん
Grade: 3		 こく
Grade: 2		 じ
Grade: 2		 だい
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
暗黑時代 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 暗黒 (ankoku, “darkness”) and 時代 (jidai, “period, era”).

Noun

暗(あん)黒(こく)時(じ)代(だい) • (ankoku jidai) 

  1. a historical period where social disorder is so great due to war, disease, political disorder etc. that there is little or no cultural development; Dark Ages
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