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What does 暗い (くらい, kurai) mean?

暗い (くらい, kurai) means dark.

Quick facts
Readingくらい
Romajikurai
Part of speechi-adjective
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
くらい
N5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkurai

dark

  1. 1i-adjective dark; gloomy; murky
  2. 2i-adjective depressed; dispirited; down in the dumps
  3. 3i-adjective dark (in colour); dull
  4. 4i-adjective ill-boding; dark (e.g. past); suspicious
  5. 5i-adjective unlikely (to succeed); hopeless; unpromising

Example sentences

  • The room is dark.

  • The street is dark at night.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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