- meimei dark, invisible
Literary or formal written Japanese for something hidden in darkness, especially 冥々たる as in 冥々たる暗黒; rare in casual speech.
森の奥は冥々としていた。
Mori no oku wa meimei to shite ita.
The depths of the forest were dark and invisible.
冥々たる闇の中を歩いた。
Meimei taru yami no naka o aruita.
I walked through the pitch-black darkness.
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