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    3. 黒い霧

    黒い霧

    黒くろい​霧きり

    thick fog (of suspicion)

    KMT10News #43+1Ref L2NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab32 strokes

    くろいきり

    Noun

    1.
    thick fog (of suspicion), black veil of secrecy, covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.

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    その事じ件けんには黒くろい霧きりがかかっている。

    A black veil of secrecy hangs over that incident.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    政せい治じの世せ界かいには、まだ多おおくの黒くろい霧きりが存そん在ざいする。

    Many dark secrets still exist in the world of politics.

    KMT10Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは黒くろい霧きりの真しん相そうを解かい明めいしようと、長なが年ねん調ちょう査さを続つづけている。

    He has been investigating for many years to uncover the truth behind the black veil of secrecy.

    KMT10Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    会かい社しゃの不ふ正せい経けい理りは、黒くろい霧きりとして隠いん蔽ぺいされていた。

    The company's fraudulent accounting was concealed as a black veil of secrecy.

    KMT10Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology
    そのスキャンダルは、政せい界かいに黒くろい霧きりを投なげかけた。

    That scandal cast a black veil of suspicion over the political world.

    KMT10Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    黒
    くろ・くろ.ずむ・くろ.い…(1)
    black
    Kanji
    霧
    きり…(3)
    fog・mist
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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