暗(くら)い

くらい
i-adjective
dark, gloomy
descriptive
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present暗(くら)い暗(くら)くない
Past暗(くら)かった暗(くら)くなかった
て form暗(くら)くて暗(くら)くなくて
Adverbial暗(くら)く—
Conditional ば暗(くら)ければ暗(くら)くなければ
Conditional たら暗(くら)かったら暗(くら)くなかったら
1. dark
Describes a place or thing that lacks light, is dimly lit, or dark in color.
暗(くら)い部屋(へや)。
A dark room.
外(そと)が暗(くら)い。
It's dark outside.
It got dark, so I turned on the light.
This road gets dark and scary at night.
If you read in a dark place, your eyes will get worse, so please read somewhere brighter.
2. gloomy, depressed
Describes a gloomy mood or depressed personality.
暗(くら)い顔(かお)をしている。
You have a gloomy look.
あの人(ひと)は暗(くら)い。
That person is gloomy.
Please don't talk about depressing things.
My friend has been gloomy lately, so I'm worried.
I was feeling down because work wasn't going well, but after talking to a friend, I felt a bit better.

Usage

暗(くら)い is an i-adjective meaning dark (lacking light) or gloomy (in mood).

Forms

  • 暗(くら)くない: not dark (negative)
  • 暗(くら)かった: was dark (past)
  • 暗(くら)く: darkly (adverbial)
  • 暗(くら)さ: darkness (noun form)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS (sense 1):

COMMON COLLOCATIONS (sense 2):

Similar words

明(あか)るい (bright) - opposite for both physical light and cheerful personality

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