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[くら()·]
kurai
i adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

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English Meaning(s) for 暗い

i adjective
  1. dark; gloomy; murky
  2. depressed; dispirited; down in the dumps; dark (mood)
  3. dark (in colour); dull
  4. ill-boding; dark (e.g. past); suspicious
  5. unlikely (to succeed); hopeless; unpromising
  6. unfamiliar (with); ignorant (of) (as 〜に暗い)

Definition and Synonyms for 暗い

Total Darkness total absence of light
Synonyms: 暗い, 暗闇, 暗黒, 真っ暗闇,
Dark devoid of or deficient in light or brightness
Synonyms: ダーク, 暗い, 暗黒, 薄暗い
Dismal causing dejection
Synonyms: わびしい, やるせない, グルーミー, うっとうしい, 寒々しい, 憂鬱, 暗い, 暗鬱, 暗黒, 気鬱, 沈鬱, 湿っぽい, 辛気くさい, 重苦しい, 陰気, 陰気くさい, 陰湿, 陰々滅々, 陰鬱
Somber grave or even gloomy in character
Synonyms: うら悲しい, 憂い, 憂い, 憂鬱, 暗い, 暗鬱, 根暗, 気無精, 気鬱, 湿っぽい, 物寂しい, 物悲しい, 物憂い, 物憂げ, 辛気くさい, 陰性, 陰気, 陰気くさい, 陰鬱
Dark (used of color) having a dark hue
Synonyms: ダーク, 暗い, 薄黒い, 黒っぽい
Dispirited filled with melancholy and despondency
Synonyms: グルーミー, うっとうしい, 憂鬱, 暗い, 暗鬱, 気無精, 気が重い, 気鬱, 沈痛, 沈鬱, 湿っぽい, 物憂げ, 重い, 重たい, 重苦しい, 陰気, 陰気くさい, 陰湿, 陰々滅々, 陰鬱
In Darkness without light
Synonyms: 暗い
Dark absence of light or illumination
Synonyms: 晦冥, 暗い, 暗さ, 暗がり, 暗闇, 暗黒, , 黒闇
Dark absence of moral or spiritual values
Synonyms: にくい, 不法, 不道徳, 奸邪, 姦悪, 姦譎, , , 悪い, 憎い, 暗い, 曲悪, , , 邪悪, 邪曲,
Dark an unilluminated area
Synonyms: , 暗い, 暗がり, 暗闇, 暗黒, , , 陰影, 黒闇
Dark shadowed or black
Synonyms: ダーク, 暗い, 暗黒, 薄暗い

Meanings for each kanji in 暗い

» darkness; disappear; shade; informal; grow dark; be blinded

Categories 暗い is a member of

Illumination the degree of visibility of your environment
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Scene the place where some action occurs
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Condition a state at a particular time
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Dark absence of light or illumination
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 暗い

Conjugations for 暗い

Adjective stem
[くら()]
kura
te-form
[くら()··]
kurakute
Negative te-form
[くら()····]
kurakunakute
Adverbial Form
[くら()·]
kuraku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[くら()·]
kurai
Present Indicative Negative Form
[くら()···]
kurakunai
Past Indicative Form
[くら()···]
kurakatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[くら()·····]
kurakunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[くら()···]
kurakereba
Present Indicative Negative Form
[くら()·····]
kurakunakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
[くら()····]
kurakunakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[くら()····]
kurakattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
[くら()······]
kurakunakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[くら()·]
kurasa

Sample Sentences for 暗い

And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote; because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.
Cats can see even in dark places.
It was quite dark when I got there.
It will get dark earlier this evening, as it is raining.
It was as gloomy inside the mansion as the sunlight was dazzling outside.

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