黒歴史

Japanese

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Definitions

(internet slang) events or things from the past which one wants to whitewash/erase from history (due to it being embarrassing, poorly received, etc.); dark past

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 黒 (black) + Japanese 歴史 (history).

Origin

Japanese

歴史

Gloss

history

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

厨 Japanese
歴史 Japanese
真っ黒 Japanese
頭黒錦蛇 Japanese
頭黒鶏冠鳧 Japanese
黒 Japanese
黒カイマン Japanese
黒山 Japanese
黒板 Japanese
黒歌鳥 Japanese
黒猫 Japanese
黒蜜 Japanese
黒豚 Japanese
黒雁 Japanese
黒魔術 Japanese
黒鴨 Japanese
黒鶴 Japanese
黒鷺 Japanese
흑역사 Korean
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