(くろ)

くろい
i-adjective
black
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present(くろ)(くろ)くない
Past(くろ)かった(くろ)くなかった
て form(くろ)くて(くろ)くなくて
Adverbial(くろ)
Conditional ば(くろ)ければ(くろ)くなければ
Conditional たら(くろ)かったら(くろ)くなかったら
1. black
Having the darkest color, the opposite of white.
Your black hair is beautiful.
I like black cats.
The sky turned black.
I wear a black suit to go to work.
It looks like it's going to rain. The sky is full of black clouds.

(くろ)い is an i-adjective meaning black - the darkest color.

FORMS:

  • Adjective: (くろ)い (black)
  • Noun: (くろ) (black, the color black)
  • Adverb: (くろ)く ((くろ)なる - to become dark)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

RELATED COLORS:

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • (くら) is the word for a place or room that has little light. Japanese does not use (くろ)い for 'dark' in that sense: 部屋(へや)(くら) (the room is dark), not (くろ)い. (くろ)い describes the color of a thing.

NOTE:
(くろ) can also have figurative meanings like "guilty" ((くろ)だ - guilty) in contrast to (しろ) (innocent).