Definition of 暗い (くらい)

くら

暗い

くらい

kurai

adjective
1.
dark, gloomy, murky
2.
depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood)
3.
dark (in colour), dull
4.
ill-boding, dark (e.g. past), suspicious
5.
unlikely (to succeed), hopeless, unpromising
6.
unfamiliar (with), ignorant (of)(as 〜に暗い)
See also:明るい (antonym)
Other readings:
昏い【くらい】
冥い【くらい】
闇い【くらい】
Related Kanji
darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
dark, evening, dusk
dark
get dark, gloom, disorder
Conjugations
adjective
Plain
Polite
Negative
Negative (Polite)
Present Indicative - Non-past, present and future tense
暗い
くらい
kurai
暗いです
くらいです
kuraidesu
暗くない
くらくない
kurakunai
暗くありません
くらくありません
kurakuarimasen

暗くないです
くらくないです
kurakunaidesu
Past Indicative - Perfective, past-tense
暗かった
くらかった
kurakatta
暗かったです
くらかったです
kurakattadesu
暗くなかった
くらくなかった
kurakunakatta
暗くありませんでした
くらくありませんでした
kurakuarimasendeshita

暗くなかったです
くらくなかったです
kurakunakattadesu
Volitional - We will.., We intend to.., Lets..
暗かろう
くらかろう
kurakarou
Presumptive - Probably.. Maybe..
暗いだろう
くらいだろう
kuraidarou
te-form
暗くて
くらくて
kurakute
Adverb
暗く
くらく
kuraku
Provisional - Hypothetical conditional, If (hypothetical)..
暗ければ
くらければ
kurakereba
暗くなければ
くらくなければ
kurakunakereba
Please note: These conjugation tables are auto-generated, and some forms may not be relevant or in normal usage for this word. If you find any errors please send feedback.
Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 166 results)

It was so dark

くら
暗い
It is already dark

It is too dark to see clearly

It is getting dark. Let's go home

まな
学んで
くら
暗し
Learning without thought is labor lost

It became dark before I knew it

It's getting darker little by little

It was getting dark

とつぜん
突然
そら
くら
暗く
あめ
All at once the sky became dark and it started to rain

The sky grew darker and darker, and the wind blew harder and harder

くら
暗く
まえ
いえ
かえ
帰ろう
I will return to the house before dark

とつぜん
突然
そら
くら
暗く
All of a sudden the sky became dark

とつぜん
突然
くら
暗く
The lights suddenly went out and it become dark

It's getting darker outside now

夜明け
まえ
いちばん
一番
くら
暗い
The darkest hour is just before the dawn

The sky is getting dark

It is getting dark outside

It is getting dark outdoors

It was getting dark, and, what made matters worse, it began to rain

くら
暗く
まえ
I'll be back before dark
Show more sentence results