暗黒街

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗 黒 街
あん
Grade: 3 		こく
Grade: 2 		がい
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
暗黑街 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

暗黒(あんこく) (ankoku, “darkness”) + 街(がい) (-gai, “area; district”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あんこくがい [àńkókúꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ã̠ŋko̞kɯ̟ɡa̠i]

Noun

暗(あん)黒(こく)街(がい) • (ankokugai) 

  1. underworld (part of society engaged in crime or vice)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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