Illustration: In a sunlit Japanese apartment, a sleek black cat sits squarely inside a shallow basket of freshly folded pale towels. Its ears, paws, back and curled tail all have the same unmistakably black coat, clearly visible in the bright room.

JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

黒くろい

kuroi

black

Example sentences

  1. あの黒くろいのは私わたしのです。

    That black one is mine.

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  2. 黒くろい服ふくの女おんなをみた。

    I saw a woman in black.

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  3. 黒くろくないのですか。

    Isn’t it black?

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Kanji in 黒

  • 黒blackOnコクKunくろ・くろずむ・くろい

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