- darkness; the dark
暗闇で in the dark; in (the) darkness
- 湖は暗闇に包まれていた
- The lake was in darkness./Darkness had settled over the lake.
- 暗闇から猫が飛び出してきた
- A cat came running out of the darkness.
- 暗闇に乗じて庭に忍び込んだ
- They stole into the garden under (the) cover of darkness [night].