冥々
めいめい · meimei
Dark, invisible
How it’s used
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.
Example sentences
森の奥は冥々としていた。
The depths of the forest were dark and invisible.
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冥々たる闇の中を歩いた。
I walked through the pitch-black darkness.
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What does 冥々 mean?
Dark, invisible.
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