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Concepts using this kanji
black person
(being in) the black
Black Sea
mole
pitch black
unbarked lumber
black spot
black and white
central pillar (of a building)
dark
blackboard
black smoke
darkness
graphite
black (colour, color)
black curtain
Kuroshio Current
black clothes
Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo)
black ships
blackened
black ground
to blacken
large crowd
black pine (Pinus thunbergii)
black hair
black Africa
middle dot
Black September (Palestinian extremist group responsible for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics)
second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)
god of wealth
black university (e.g. in the US)
blackening
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive)
observant eye
large-pupilled
black body (object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation)
squid chopped, salted and mixed in its own ink
wild carrot (Daucus carota)
blackshirts (Italian fascist group)
unpolished rice
black lily (Fritillaria camtschatcensis)
crumbly black topsoil (esp. from weathered volcanic ash)
black and white string
black list
Mahakala (incarnation of Mahesvara)
iron
black (i.e. African-American) soldier
black stone
black-dyed leather
to be surprised
moving into the black
fake beauty mark
Central American cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti)
Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush)
Kurozumi-kyo (sect of Shinto)
platinum black (black powdered platinum, often used as a catalyst)
meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine
plague
black-and-white television
monochrome display
to determine whether something is right or wrong
slip for regular business transactions
African American Vernacular English
tall shield orchid (Nervilia aragoana)
black player
solar lentigo
schorl
black rotary-dial telephone
dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out
black mole
to blacken (something)
blackness
in deep black
black mold (Aspergillus niger)
darkish
brown sugar syrup
stout
black Lolita (fashion style)
black diamond
brown bread
deep black
crumbly black topsoil
black sesame
completely black
black tinge
black shirt
smoky brown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa)
black level (image)
blackish
western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
cavolo nero (cultivar of Brassica oleracea acephala)
black beard
black registration plate with yellow characters (used for business use light motor vehicles)
black crushing
black garlic
blackhead
black goat
interesting
black cataract
black bamboo
red-black tree
black line
black goods
sky-darkening dust storm
sunspot cycle
blackwater fever
southerly wind blowing at the start of the rainy season
silhouette
current account surplus
budget surplus
black ball
black stools
thick black silk from Hachijo Island
black race
reverse video
substantia nigra
dark red
red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands)
melanocarcinoma
swarthy
dark history
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise)
black horse
black belt
bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)
person who steals money from the workplace
kurofuda (type of Japanese playing cards)
black-backed jackal (carnivore, Canis mesomelas)
tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
Dark Ages
Black History Month
blackening solution
black tassel hung above the northwest corner of the ring
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