Keyword
dark
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig519
Readings
くら
(52%)
あん
(36%)
ぐら
(10%)
Composed of
sun
sound
Used in vocabulary (249 in total)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
darkness; the dark
Examples (200 in total)
You must come back before it gets dark.
It is dark in that room.
It's dark in here.
It's too dark in here to read.
After a while, it got dark.
It will soon grow dark.
It was already dark outside.
What are you doing in a dark place like that?
Why is it so dark?
Are you still afraid of the dark?
It's already dark.
You should return home before it gets dark.
It's getting dark outside.
It's still dark outside.
It's already dark outside.
It's dark outside.
He was alone in the dark.
She's afraid of the dark.
She is very afraid of the dark.
Suddenly, it got dark outside.
Don't read books in a dark place.
I'm afraid of the dark.
What are you looking for in the dark room?
It was dark and I couldn't see anything.
Don't play in the forest after dark.
It's gotten dark.
It is getting dark. Let's go home.
It's getting dark.
Come home before dark.
I waited for her till it got dark.
I need to finish this work before it gets dark.
I want to get home before it gets dark.
It's too dark to play outside.
It is too dark to read a book there.
It is too dark to see clearly.
It was too dark to see.
My eyes haven't yet adjusted to the darkness.
I don't like walking home alone after dark.
I have to get home before it gets dark.
The sky is getting dark.
All of a sudden the sky became dark.
The color is a little too dark.
It was dark in the room.
The room was dark.
It was quite dark when I got home.
It's getting dark. You'd better go home.
It will be dark by the time the police come here.
It's dark at night, so it's dangerous.
I observed that it had already got dark.
It's so dark.
By the time you get there, it will be nearly dark.
It will be dark by the time he gets there.
He managed to get home before dark.
By the time she gets there, it will be nearly dark.
I arrived at the village before dark.
It was after dark when we got to the village.
It was cold and dark.
It was dark and cold in the room.
Don't look only on the dark side of life.
Are you afraid of the dark?
It's really dark outside tonight.
The sky became as dark as if the sun had sunk.
We sang around the fire when it got dark.
It's getting dark. I wonder if it's going to rain.
It's gradually becoming dark outside.
The sky grew darker and darker.
It was dark under the bridge.
It will soon be dark.
All the children fell asleep before it got dark.
It was quite dark when I got there.
It was dark when we reached the hotel.
I want to reach the hotel before it gets dark.
It had already got dark when we arrived at the hotel.
The mother insisted on her children not playing in the park after dark.
Those dark clouds will probably bring rain.
It is getting darker and darker.
We will reach Tokyo before dark.
Vampires like darkness.
The child was afraid of being left alone in the dark.
Somebody called my name in the dark.
I heard my name called in the dark.
Cats can see in the dark.
We saw something white in the dark.
It was so dark that they could hardly see.
It's getting dark. Please turn the light on for me.
It's really dark outside. I wonder if a storm is coming.
It was a dark and stormy night.
Our eyes take time to adjust to the darkness.
You shouldn't read a book in a room this dim.
I saw his face in the dim light.
Because the surroundings were so dark, he could not see anything.
All of the children had gone to bed before it got dark.
I heard my name called twice in the dark.
He disappeared into a dark corner at the back of the shop.
She disappeared in the dark.
Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
I was scared to be alone in the dark.
It was dark, and I could not make out who was coming along the road.
She came home after dark.
They shone like stars in the dark, dirty building.
The little boy is afraid of the dark.
That child is afraid of the dark.
The boy is afraid to go to bed in the dark.
My brother says he isn't afraid of the dark.
We pitched our tents before it got dark.
It was already dark, so I drove very slowly to be safe.
As soon as it gets dark, the fireworks will start.
He was a dark figure with a pale face.
A red light was glowing in the dark.
It's pitch black outside.
It was pitch black outside.
It was dark when he came in.
The sky was completely dark.
The room was in complete darkness.
The room was pitch black, so I couldn't see a thing.
I was shocked by the dog that sprang out of the darkness.
I don't like to go out after dark.
It would be better not to go out after dark.
Don't go out after dark.
Don't go out after it gets dark.
Don't let her go out after dark.
We are likely to get there before dark.
The thieves ran away after it got dark.
It's too dark to play baseball now.
The lights suddenly went out and it become dark.
It'll be dark in an hour.
It becomes dark much earlier in winter.
It will be dark soon.
It's not good to read in a dark room.
She switched on the lamp because it was dark.
It was quite dark when I got home last night.
On entering a dark tunnel, we could see nothing.
We will reach London before dark.
I hurried, not because it was getting dark, but because I was hungry.
Children don't like to go out in the dark.
He was afraid of the dark.
They hid themselves in the shadows.
Not seeing anything in the dark, we couldn't move.
It has got dark. Maybe it'll rain soon.
He was ignorant of the plot to assassinate him.
After a while, the sun set and it became dark.
We hope to reach the summit before it gets dark.
It's too dark to take pictures here.
It was impossible for him to take the picture in the dark.
The spy sent information by code.
The room was gloomy and cold.
What do his words imply?
You must conquer your fear of the dark.
John felt the presence of a ghost in the dark room.
My mother insists that I should not go out after dark.
I was afraid of getting lost in the dark.
I shone a flashlight into the dark room.
He awoke and found himself shut up in a dark room.
By the time you land at Narita, it will be dark.
The sky suddenly began to darken.
Small children are afraid of being left alone in the dark.
It's getting dark outdoors.
It gets dark about half past five these days.
It's too dark to play tennis now.
It's too dark to play tennis.
When I entered the dark music room, the piano stopped playing.
They attempted to assassinate the president.
Beth is afraid of the dark because of her evil brother.
The sun sank below the horizon and it got dark.
The deep sea is completely dark.
Let's learn this sentence by heart.
It took me two hours to memorize this sentence.
Memorize this.
I just can't memorize students' names.
Everyone in the class learned the poem by heart.
Everyone in the class has to learn the poem by heart.
Ken learned many Japanese songs by heart.
Everyone must memorize these words.
The students learned many poems by heart.
An actor has to memorize his lines.
He tried to memorize the conversation.
He was able to memorize that poem when he was five years old.
Mathematics is not just the memorization of formulas.
It isn't easy to memorize dates.
Don't learn it by memorizing. Try to understand it.
Memorize the poem by next week.
We have to memorize this poem by the next class.
The students were told to learn the poem by heart.
We have to learn the whole poem by heart.
We had to learn the poem by heart.
Tom suggested we leave before it got dark.
Tom and his friends played in the park until it got dark.
Tom is scared of the dark.
Tom was sitting alone in the dark waiting for Mary.
Can you see in the darkness of the night?
Dogs can see in the dark.
Cats have the ability to see in the dark.
I realized that cats can see in the dark.
She could not get over her fear of the dark.
Frank left a message by means of a secret code.
He lit a candle in the dark.
Memorize this paragraph until you can say it fluently.
Dark clouds are a sign of rain.
All at once the sky became dark and it started to rain.
Is there any good way to memorise our lines quickly?