Vocab Info

N3 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

()(くら)total darkness, pitch dark, bleak future, poor prospects, pitch black

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

      1.

      pitch-dark, pitch-black, completely dark

    2. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

      2.

      very bleak (future), utterly hopeless

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    真っ暗 【まっくら】

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    • Pitch Accent

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    Examples

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      街灯(がいとう)()いので(そと)()(くら)です。

      Outside is pitch black because there are no streetlights.

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      (しょく)(うしな)ってしまったので、将来(しょうらい)()(くら)だ。

      I lost my job, so my future looks very dark.

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      停電(ていでん)電気(でんき)供給(きょうきゅう)()まってしまったので(まち)全体(ぜんたい)()(くら)だ。

      The entire city is pitch black because the power supply has been cut off due to a blackout.

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      結婚(けっこん)(かんが)えていた彼氏(かれし)(わか)れる(こと)になってしまい、お(さき)()(くら)です。

      I ended up separating with my boyfriend, whom I was considering marrying, so my future looks very dark.

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      まさか()(くら)夜道(よみち)一人(ひとり)(ある)いたの?!そんな(あぶ)ない(こと)今度(こんど)からしちゃダメだよ!

      Wait, you walked alone on a pitch-black street at night?! Don't do something dangerous like that again!

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