Kurai

JLPT N5

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暗い (Kurai) is a Japanese i-adjective meaning “dark, gloomy, murky, depressed”.

Meanings

  1. i-adjectivedark; gloomy; murky
  2. i-adjectivedepressed; dispirited; down in the dumps; dark (mood)
  3. i-adjectivedark (in colour); dull
  4. i-adjectiveill-boding; dark (e.g. past); suspicious
  5. i-adjectiveunlikely (to succeed); hopeless; unpromising
  6. i-adjectiveunfamiliar (with); ignorant (of)as 〜に暗い

Examples

  • It's getting darker outside now.

  • It was dark in the room.

  • I got up while it was still dark.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 暗い

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