Vocabulary

What does 真っ暗 (まっくら, makkura) mean?

真っ暗 (まっくら, makkura) means pitch dark; utterly hopeless.

Quick facts
Readingまっくら
Romajimakkura
Part of speechna-adjective, noun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
まっくら
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonmakkura

pitch dark; utterly hopeless

  1. 1na-adjective · noun pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark
  2. 2na-adjective · noun very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

Example sentences

  • The inside of the room was pitch dark.

  • The town went pitch dark because of a power outage.

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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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