| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 冥い | くらい | dark, gloomy; dark (in colour), dull; depressed, dispirited; sorrowful, bitter (as in a dark past); unclear, unfamiliar, unknown |
| 冥利 | みょうり | providence, luck, favor, favour, advantage |
| 頑冥 | がんめい | stubbornness |
| 冥王星 | めいおうせい | Pluto (dwarf planet) |
| 冥界 | めいかい | hades, realm of the dead |
| 冥境 | めいきょう | shades of the dead |
| 冥土 | めいど | Hades, the underworld, the other world, realm of the dead |
| 冥途 | めいど | Hades, the underworld, the other world, realm of the dead |
| 冥罰 | めいばつ | retribution, divine punishment |
| 冥府 | めいふ | hades, realm of the dead, sheol |
