黒歴史

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黒	歴	史
くろ Grade: 2	れき Grade: 5	し Grade: 5
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
黑歷史 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

黒 (kuro, “black”) +‎ 歴史 (rekishi, “history”). Originally, this term was used in Turn A Gundam, a Japanese animation, and referred to a fictional past great war.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ɾe̞kʲiɕi]

• Audio:

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Noun

黒(くろ)歴(れき)史(し) • (kurorekishi) 

1. (Internet slang, especially anime and manga fandom) events or things from the past which one wants to whitewash/erase from history (due to it being embarrassing, poorly received, etc.); dark past

Descendants

• Chinese: 黑歷史／黑历史 (hēilìshǐ)
• Korean: 흑역사 (黑歷史, heugyeoksa)

See also

• なかったこと (nakatta koto)