闇市

Japanese

Kanji in this term
闇	市
やみ Grade: S	いち Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

ヤミ市

Etymology

闇 (yami, “dark”) +‎ 市 (ichi, “market”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やみいち [yàmíꜜìchì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
(Tokyo) やみいち [yàmííꜜchì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ja̠mʲiit͡ɕi]

Noun

闇(やみ)市(いち) • (yamiichi)

a black market

Synonyms

闇(やみ)市(いち)場(ば) (yamīchiba)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN