暗黒星雲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗	黒	星	雲
あん Grade: 3	こく Grade: 2	せい Grade: 2	うん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
暗黑星雲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 暗黒 (ankoku, “darkness”) and 星雲 (seiun, “nebula”).

Noun

暗(あん)黒(こく)星(せい)雲(うん) • (ankoku seiun) 

1. a type of interstellar cloud that is so dense that it obscures light from background stars; a dark nebula