暗黒時代

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗	黒	時	代
あん Grade: 3	こく Grade: 2	じ Grade: 2	だい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
暗黑時代 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 暗黒 (ankoku, “darkness”) and 時代 (jidai, “period, era”).

Noun

暗(あん)黒(こく)時(じ)代(だい) • (ankoku jidai) 

1. a historical period where social disorder is so great due to war, disease, political disorder etc. that there is little or no cultural development; Dark Ages