dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
pitch dark; total darkness
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
semi-darkness; dim light; poor light; dusk; twilight
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
it's always darkest before the dawn; the darkest hour is just before the dawn
shadow cast by a person's hand
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
prostitute working in clandestine brothel (Edo period)
to drive black hogs in the dark; to be unable to distinguish one thing from another; (lit.) to come out from the darkness with a cow
prostitute; imposter; fraudster; trickster
(clandestine) brothel (Edo period); whorehouse
darkness under the trees; dark place under the trees