暗黒時代
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |||
| 暗 | 黒 | 時 | 代 |
Etymology [edit]
Compound of 暗黒 (ankoku, “darkness”) and 時代 (jidai, “period, era”).
Noun [edit]
暗黒時代 (hiragana あんこくじだい, romaji ankoku jidai)
- 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
