Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/黒暗

Etymology
Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling, a term which decomposes into + , to native Japanese word.

Noun
／ (yami) →  (yami), (kokuan)


 * 1) darkness
 * ※ Ordinarily, this word would have been written (yami), however, it was no ordinary darkness which existed before the creation of light.