Meaning of ダークホース in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level ダークホース

Romaji dākuhōsu

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

dark horse

Examples of , ダークホース in a sentence

本命と対抗馬が競り合ったお陰で、ダークホースの彼が漁夫の利を得たってわけだ。

Since the favorite and his rival were running against each other a dark horse like him was able to pull out in front.
あのダークホースは予備選挙の前は、劣勢でした。

The dark horse candidate was losing in the polls before the primary.

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