Illustration: Inside the storage room of an older Japanese house, a resident pauses with one hand against a wooden shelf, peering toward a cat curled on a cushion. Daylight enters only through a partly opened sliding door, leaving the baskets, stacked bedding, and resident’s face faintly visible.

JLPT N2i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

薄うす暗ぐらい

usugurai

dim, gloomy

Example sentences

  1. 薄暗うすぐらい光ひかりの中なかで彼かれの顔かおを見みた。

    I saw his face in the dim light.

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  2. 薄暗うすぐらい明あかりで本ほんを読よんではいけない。

    You shouldn’t read in such poor light.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. こんな薄暗うすぐらい部屋へやでは仕事しごとにならない。

    It’s impossible to work in a room this dim.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 薄暗

  • 薄thin; weakOnハクKunうすい・うす-・うすめる
  • 暗darkness; disappearOnアンKunくらい・くらむ・くれる

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