成句・複合語：
dark | darkness |
| afraid of the dark adj | (scared of darkness) | 暗闇を恐れる
HHiraganaくらやみをおそれる |
| | She kept a nightlight on because she was afraid of the dark. |
| dark ages npl | figurative (being unenlightened) | 暗黒時代、暗黒の中世 名
HHiraganaあんこくじだい、あんこくのちゅうせい |
| | My boss is still living in the dark ages. He thinks his female employees should make the coffee. |
| dark and gloomy adj | (weather: with grey skies) (天気) | どんよりとした 形
HHiraganaどんよりとした |
| | Bring your coat with you - it's dark and gloomy out. |
| | 外はどんよりしてるから、コートを持ってきなよ。 |
| dark and gloomy adj | (mood, outlook: pessimistic) (雰囲気) | 悲観的な、暗くて陰気な、うっそうとした、鬱々とした 形
HHiraganaひかんてきな、くらくていんきな、うっそうとした、うつうつとした |
| | The economic forecast for the next year is dark and gloomy. |
| | 来年の経済予測は悲観的だ。 |
| dark and gloomy adj | (scene, house: ominous grim) (場所) | 不吉な、うっそうとした、気味の悪い 形
HHiraganaふきつな、うっそうとした、きみのわるい |
| | The place was dark and gloomy during the winter months. |
| | 冬の間、この場所はうっそうとして気味が悪い。 |
| dark blue n | (navy, deep blue) (色) | 紺色、紺青色 名
HHiraganaこんいろ、こんじょういろ |
| | People wearing dark blue are hard to see at night. |
dark blue,
dark-blue adj | (navy, deep blue) (色) | 紺色の、ダークブルーの 連体句
HHiraganaこんいろの、だーくぶるーの |
| | People wearing dark blue clothing are hard to see at night. |
| dark chocolate n | (plain or non-milk chocolate) | ダークチョコレート 名
HHiraganaだーくちょこれーと |
| | Dark chocolate has become very popular of late. |
| | 最近、ダークチョコレートは非常に人気がある。 |
| dark clouds npl | (grey clouds threatening rain) | 灰色の雲、暗雲 名
HHiraganaはいいろのくも、あんうん |
| | The rains will come soon: the air's heavy and dark clouds are gathering over the hills. |
| | すぐに雨が降るよ、空気はどんよりしているし、灰色の雲が丘の向こうに集まってきているから。 |
| dark cloud n | figurative (bad omen, pessimism) (比喩：悪い兆し) | 暗い影、暗雲 名
HHiraganaくらいかげ、あんうん |
| | The bad news placed a dark cloud over her happiness. |
| | その悪い知らせは、彼女の幸せに暗雲をもたらした。 |
| dark comedy n | (black humour, macabre comedy) | ブラックコメディー 名
HHiraganaぶらっくこめでぃー |
| | The play was a dark comedy filled with deliciously macabre characters. |
| dark glasses npl | (sunglasses) | サングラス 名
HHiraganaさんぐらす |
| | Some people wear dark glasses all the time, even when there's no need. He thought it was fashionable to wear his dark glasses at night. |
| | 必要のない時でさえ、常にサングラスをかけている人もいます。彼は、夜にサングラスをかけるのはオシャレだと思いました。 |
| dark hair n | (brunette or brown hair) | こげ茶の髪、ダークブラウンの髪 名
HHiraganaこげちゃのかみ、だーくぶらうんのかみ |
| | She has naturally dark hair but she dyes it blond. |
| dark horse n | figurative (secretive person) (人) | 秘密主義者、隠し事をする人 名
HHiraganaひみつしゅぎしゃ、かくしごとをするひと |
| | You're such a dark horse! - you never told me you'd got married. |
| | なんて秘密主義者だ！なんで結婚してた事をこれまで言ってくれなかったんだ。 |
| dark horse n | figurative (little known political candidate) (比喩) | ダークホース 名
HHiraganaだーくほーす |
| | (選挙) | 予想外の候補者 名
HHiraganaよそうがいのこうほしゃ |
| | At first Obama was something of a dark horse, but he went on to win the election! |
| | 最初、オバマはダークホース程度の存在であったが、結局は選挙に勝ってしまった！ |
| dark horse n | (little-known racehorse) (競馬) | ダークホース、力量未知数の出走馬、穴馬 名
HHiraganaだーくほーす、りきりょうみちすうのしゅっそうば、あなうま |
| | Nobody bet on the dark horse, who went on to place first. |
| dark magic n | (witchcraft, black magic) | 黒魔術、邪術 名
HHiraganaくろまじゅつ、よこしまじゅつ |
| | Dark magic can be used to steal people's souls. |
| dark meat n | (poultry flesh) (鶏の) | もも肉、赤身肉 名
HHiraganaももにく、あかみにく |
| | The dark meat of a turkey has the strongest flavour. |
| | 七面鳥のもも肉には最も強烈な臭いがある。 |
| dark skin n | (brown or olive complexion) | 暗褐色の肌、浅黒い肌 名
HHiraganaあんかっしょくのはだ、あさぐろいはだ |
| | African American mothers often have difficulty finding dolls with dark skin. |
dark skinned,
dark-skinned adj | (person: non-white) (白人でない) | 有色の、有色人種の 形
HHiraganaゆうしょくの、ゆうしょくじんしゅの |
| 注釈: hyphen used when term is before a noun |
| | The dark-skinned locals made us all look like ghosts! |
| | 有色人種の地元民のせいで、私たちはみんなまるで幽霊みたいに見える。 |
dark skinned,
dark-skinned adj | (tanned) | 浅黒い、日焼けした、色黒の 形
HHiraganaあさぐろい、ひやけした、いろぐろの |
| | Sheila was so dark skinned after all those years abroad that I hardly recognised her. |
| | シエラは何年間かずっと海外にいて、誰だか分からないくらい真っ黒に日焼けしていた。 |
| dark web n | (clandestine internet content) | ダークウェブ、闇サイト 名
HHiraganaだーくうぇぶ、やみさいと |
| dark wood n | (wood of dark brown colour) (木材) | ダークウッド 名
HHiraganaだーくうっど |
| | Mahogany is a dark wood. |
| dark-haired adj | (brunette) | こげ茶色の髪の、ダークブラウンの髪の 連体句
HHiraganaこげちゃいろのかみの、だーくぶらうんのかみの |
| | Is Jane the dark-haired girl or the blonde? |
| glow-in-the-dark adj | (luminous) | 夜光塗料の 形
HHiraganaやこうとりょうの |
| | Small dots of glow-in-the-dark paint can be applied to your light switches. |
| in the dark expr | (where there is no light) | 暗闇で 副
HHiraganaくらやみで |
| | The lights in the cave went out, leaving the tourists in the dark. |
| | With heavy clouds covering the stars and moon, they walked along the path in the dark. |
| in the dark adv | figurative (uniformed, without knowledge of [sth]) | 何も知らずに、検討がつかずに 副
HHiraganaなにもしらずに、けんとうがつかずに |
| | There must be an answer to this problem, but I admit I'm in the dark. She was surprised by the party, because her friends kept her in the dark when planning it. |
| in the dark of night adv | (at night) | 夜に 副
HHiraganaよるに |
| | The owl is able to hunt in the dark of night because it has specially adapted eyes. |
the pitch black,
the pitch dark n | (total darkness) | 真っ黒 名
HHiraganaまっくろ |
| 注釈: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective that precedes the noun |
| | He walks this road every night, in the pitch dark! |
pitch black,
pitch-black,
pitch dark,
pitch-dark adj | (totally dark) | 真っ黒の、漆黒の 連体句
HHiraganaまっくろの、しっこくの |
| | There was no moon and the night was pitch black. |
| shot in the dark n | informal, figurative (wild guess) | 当てずっぽう、当て推量 名
HHiraganaあてずっぽう、あてずいりょう |
| | He took a shot in the dark and guessed the correct answer on the test. |