How to say dark in Japanese

JLPTN5
暗い☆【くらいkurai】昏い・冥い・闇い Inflection

adjective:

  • dark; gloomy; murky
  • depressed; dispirited; down in the dumps; dark (mood)
  • dark (in colour); dull
  • ill-boding; dark (e.g. past); suspicious
  • unlikely (to succeed); hopeless; unpromising
  • unfamiliar (with); ignorant (of) - as 〜に暗い Antonym: 明るい

Example Sentences

外sotoはha真っ暗makkuraだda。
It's pitch black outside.
月tsukiもmo出ていないdeteinai闇夜yamiyoだったdatta。
It was a dark night, with no moon.
暗雲an'unがga立ちこめていたtachikometeita後nochiにはniha、すっきりとsukkiritoしたshita晴れ間haremaになるninaru。
After dark clouds, you get periods of refreshing clear weather.
夕方yuugataでdeもうmou暗かったkurakattaんnですdesuけどkedo、ネコNEKOがga電線densenをwo渡っているwatatteiruのnoをwo見ましたmimashita。 そそそsososo、そんなsonnaことkotoできるdekiruんnですかdesuka、ネコNEKOってtte。
It was evening and already dark but I saw a cat walking along a telephone wire. Can they do that, cats?
清水の舞台から飛び降りたshimizunobutaikaratobioritaつもりtsumoriでde脱サラdatsusaraしたshita。
Quitting my office job was a leap in the dark.

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