Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 闇雲(やみくも) in Japanese

闇雲
Kana Reading
やみくも
Romaji
yamikumo
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    recklessly; blindly; at random
    Example sentence
    彼には教職の経験が無かったが、やみくもにこの世界に飛び込んだ。 He'd had no experience of teaching but he plunged in nonetheless.

Examples of 闇雲, やみくも in a sentence

Kanji in this word

闇

17 strokes

get dark, gloom, disorder

On'Yomi: アン, オン

Kun'Yomi: やみ, くら.い

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雲 JLPT 2

12 strokes

cloud

On'Yomi: ウン

Kun'Yomi: くも, -ぐも

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