Illustration: An adult opens the door of an unlit storage room in a Japanese home and directs a small flashlight inside. Beyond the narrow beam, shelves and boxes are only faintly distinguishable. The beam reveals a folded futon, a wicker basket and the surprised face of a cat sitting on a high shelf.

JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

暗くらい

kurai

dark

Example sentences

空そらが暗くらくなってきた。
The sky is getting dark.
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外そとは暗くらい。
It is dark outside.
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あの部屋へやの中なかは暗くらい。
It is dark in that room.
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Kanji in 暗

暗darkness; disappearOnアンKunくらい・くらむ・くれる

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