dark years

language: ja

definitions

  1. A period of time characterized by hardship, suffering, misery, or oppression.
    ja: 暗黒の時代
  2. A period marked by a lack of knowledge, progress, or enlightenment.
    ja: 暗黒時代

examples

  1. The seeds of the Zhou Dynasty's rise had been planted during those dark years of imprisonment.

    周王朝の台頭の種は、それら暗黒の投獄の時代に蒔かれていた。

  2. Historians often refer to this era as the dark years of scientific stagnation.

    歴史家はこの時代を科学的停滞の暗黒時代と呼ぶことが多い。