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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 暗い - dark, gloomy - kurai

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    暗い

    Reading

    くらい
    kurai

    Meaning

    is dark

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    暗くない

    Reading

    くらくない
    kurakunai

    Meaning

    is not dark

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    暗いです

    Reading

    くらいです
    kuraidesu

    Meaning

    is dark

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    暗くありません

    Reading

    くらくありません
    kurakuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not dark

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    暗かった

    Reading

    くらかった
    kurakatta

    Meaning

    was dark

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    暗くなかった

    Reading

    くらくなかった
    kurakunakatta

    Meaning

    was not dark

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    暗かったです

    Reading

    くらかったです
    kurakattadesu

    Meaning

    was dark

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    暗くありませんでした

    Reading

    くらくありませんでした
    kurakuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not dark

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    暗くて

    Reading

    くらくて
    kurakute

    Meaning

    is dark, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    暗くなくて

    Reading

    くらくなくて
    kurakunakute

    Meaning

    is not dark, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    暗いだろう

    Reading

    くらいだろう
    kuraidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be dark

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    暗くないだろう

    Reading

    くらくないだろう
    kurakunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be dark

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    暗いでしょう

    Reading

    くらいでしょう
    kuraideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be dark

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    暗くないでしょう

    Reading

    くらくないでしょう
    kurakunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be dark

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    暗く

    Reading

    くらく
    kuraku

    Meaning

    in a dark way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    暗ければ

    Reading

    くらければ
    kurakereba

    Meaning

    if it is dark

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    暗くなければ

    Reading

    くらくなければ
    kurakunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not dark

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    暗かったら

    Reading

    くらかったら
    kurakattara

    Meaning

    if it was dark

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    暗くなかったら

    Reading

    くらくなかったら
    kurakunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not dark

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    暗さ

    Reading

    くらさ
    kurasa

    Meaning

    dark-ness (or the quality of being dark)

Word Detail

    word

    暗い

    Meaning

    Dark, Gloomy

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    暗

    Meaning

    Darkness

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