黒歴史

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くろ
Grade: 2
れき
Grade: 4

Grade: 4

Etymology

(kuro, black) + 歴史 (rekishi, history). Originally, this term was used in Turn A Gundam, a Japanese animation, and referred to a fictional past great war.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ɾe̞kʲiɕi]

Noun

黒歴史 (hiragana くろれきし, rōmaji kurorekishi)

  1. (Internet slang, especially anime and manga fandom) events or things from the past which one wants to whitewash/erase from history (due to it being embarrassing, poorly received, etc.); dark past

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