黒い
くろい
i-adjective
black
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 黒い | 黒くない |
| Past | 黒かった | 黒くなかった |
| て form | 黒くて | 黒くなくて |
| Adverbial | 黒く | — |
| Conditional ば | 黒ければ | 黒くなければ |
| Conditional たら | 黒かったら | 黒くなかったら |
1.
black
Having the darkest color, the opposite of white.
黒い is an i-adjective meaning black - the darkest color.
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- 暗い is the word for a place or room that has little light. Japanese does not use 黒い for 'dark' in that sense: 部屋が暗い (the room is dark), not 黒い. 黒い describes the color of a thing.
Usage
黒 can also have figurative meanings like "guilty" (黒だ - guilty) in contrast to 白 (innocent).
Related Words
Antonym:
白い (white)
Related:
赤い (red)
Related:
青い (blue)
Related:
茶色い (brown)
Related:
茶色 (brown)