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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

暗い

昏い、 冥い、 闇い

Reading

Kana: くらい
Romaji: kurai
Kana
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Definitions

1

dark; gloomy

2

dark (in colour); dull

3

depressed; dispirited

4

sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past)

5

unclear; unfamiliar; unknown

Kanji

Readings: アン、 くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る
Meanings: darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
Readings: コン、 くら.い、 くれ
Meanings: dark, evening, dusk
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 くら.い
Meaning: dark
Readings: アン、 オン、 やみ、 くら.い
Meanings: get dark, gloom, disorder

Example Sentences

(そと)(くら)い。
➥It is dark outside.
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戸外(こがい)(くら)い。
➥It is dark out of doors.
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(そと)(くら)くなってきた。
➥It's getting darker outside now.
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もう(くら)い。
➥It is already dark.
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とても(くら)かった。
➥It was so dark.
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部屋(へや)(なか)(くら)かった。
➥It was dark in the room.
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