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I'm trying to figure out if there's a difference in meaning/translation between

黒齣

and

黒駒

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I've attached an image just to make sure that I didn't accidently look up the wrong character (I'm 99% sure it's the correct one but still).

A bit of context: both show up on black background. There is no further context to be given.

The first one I've seen translated as black scene, which makes sense because according to this, 齣 can mean either frame or scene in this context.

For the second one, the translation was also black scene but I'm not entirely sure if it's indeed correct. I think I found the correct character (here and here), but translations like horse or shogi piece just don't make any sense to me.

I have the feeling they both mean the same, but I just want to make sure.

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    Both of them are words Japanese speakers almost never use, and you have concealed everything needed to get the right meaning. If this is a screenshot of a game, what's the name of it? What do you mean by "static frames/scene"? How is this word used? Is this a part of a longer sentence, or is this the only word in that "frame"? Where did the kanji 齣 come from?
    – naruto
    Mar 6, 2019 at 0:33
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    This reminds me of sesame seeds
    – sazarando
    Mar 6, 2019 at 1:23
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    ^ 黒ゴマ ww　------
    – chocolate ♦
    Mar 6, 2019 at 1:35
  • 「黒齣」はどうも化物語のアニメに出てくるようですね
    – broccoli forest
    Mar 6, 2019 at 6:39
  • @naruto It's just a screenshot. That's it. If there was more context to it, I would have given it already. It's just this single frame showing up for several seconds (it shouldn't matter which game/animation). Not used in a sentence, just those two characters on a black screen. "How is the word used?" - I don't know for sure, I think to display that it's a black scene/frame. "Is this a part of a longer sentence, or..." - It's just the two characters on a black screen, I cropped it to fit more easily here. "Where did the kanji 齣 come from?" - it's on the screen.
    – YTZ
    Mar 6, 2019 at 14:29

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it shouldn't matter which game/animation

Yes it does matter. Even native Japanese speakers cannot explain the interpretation of such a rare word without knowing where you saw it.

黒齣 is not a regular word. As @broccoliforest suggests, googling it points to one specific anime called 化物語. I checked the first episode, and found that it heavily uses flashing typograms of seemingly random archaic words. 黒齣 is one of them. Meaning-wise, it should mean "a frame filled with black", but I don't know if it's a real word or a made-up word of Akiyuki Shindo. Either way, I bet you won't see this word again outside this anime.

Regarding 黒駒, it's not an ordinary word, either. If you saw it in a work related to 化物語, it's natural to assume it's just a typo for 黒齣. 齣 is a fairly rare kanji, so it is no wonder if someone mixed it with 駒.

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    I didn't know it was such a "rare" occurence (I'll take back that "...it shouldn't matter" then). Thank you for the explanation.
    – YTZ
    Mar 6, 2019 at 19:49
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駒 and 齣 are both pronounced こま in kun'yomi. Despite appearing similar and being pronounced the same they are two different kanji and carry two different meanings. 齣 is an uncommon kanji (as stated in the Wiktionary page you referenced).

黒駒 means 'black horse'. It can be either a description of such or a place name. An additional meaning of 駒 is 'chess piece').

黒齣 means 'black frame/cut', part of a film where the screen is black (blank) and reveals information, usually in numeric form, about the film.

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