Word Meaning 黒歴史

くろれきし kurorekishi

黒歴史 is read as くろれきし (kurorekishi) and means dark history.

Meaning

English

  1. dark history
  2. dark past
  3. something one wants to forget or pretend never happened

Reading

Kana

くろれきし

Romaji

kurorekishi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 91718 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

歴史

れきし

history

正式の歴史

せいしきのれきし

official history (e.g. a state-sanctioned account of history subject to revision when the government changes)

歴代史

れきだいし

chronicles

歴史的

れきしてき

historic

歴史地理学会

れきしちりがっかい

Association of Historical Geographers in Japan

歴史的事実

れきしてきじじつ

historical fact

歴史地理学

れきしちりがく

historical geography

歴史人口学

れきしじんこうがく

historical demography

歴史時代

れきしじだい

historical times

歴史的現在

れきしてきげんざい

historical present

歴史地理

れきしちり

historical geography

歴史以前

れきしいぜん

prehistoric

Example Sentences

1

Everyone has skeletons in their closet.