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(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening. / (figuratively) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.

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darkling

Source Word

darkling

IPA(Pronunciation)

not-comparable poetic figuratively

(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening. / (figuratively) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.

Japanese Meaning

（詩的）暗い、暗くなりつつある、暮暗い / （比喩的）不明瞭な、見えにくい、陰で進行している

The darkling sky held the last pale star like a secret.

薄暗い空は最後の淡い星をまるで秘密のように抱いていた。

Sense（1）

(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening.

And we are here as on a darkling plain

Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,

Where ignorant armies clash by night

Sense（2）

(figuratively) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.