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    3. 暗い

    暗い

    暗くらい​

    dark

    N5KMT10News #42+1CoreAdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab15 strokes

    昏い冥い闇い

    くらい

    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)

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    部へ屋やが暗くらいので、電でん気きをつけてください。

    The room is dark, so please turn on the light.

    KMT2Daily LifeHome & Housing
    彼かれの表ひょう情じょうは暗くらいく、何なにか心しん配ぱい事ごとがあるようだった。

    His expression was gloomy; he seemed to have something on his mind.

    KMT4Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    失しっ敗ぱい続づつきで、彼かの女じょは暗くらい気き持もちになってしまった。

    After a series of failures, she became depressed.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの未 来 は暗くらいと誰だれもが思おもっていたが、彼かれは諦あきらめなかった。

    Everyone thought his future was unpromising, but he didn't give up.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    その事じ件けんには暗くらい過か去こが隠かくされているようだ。

    It seems a dark past is hidden behind that incident.

    KMT10HistoryEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    暗
    くら.い・くら.む・くれ.る…(1)
    darkness・disappear・shade・informal・grow dark…(1)
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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