くら
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. dark; gloomy; murky
2. depressed; dispirited; down in the dumps; dark (mood)
3. dark (in colour); dull
4. ill-boding; dark (e.g. past); suspicious
5. unlikely (to succeed); hopeless; unpromising
6. unfamiliar (with); ignorant (of)
as 〜に暗い
Pitch accent
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Top 22200
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
shadowy past; murky past
dark even in the daytime
Examples (108 in total)
It's already dark.
It's dark in here.
It's so dark.
It was cold and dark.
It is dark out of doors.
It was too dark to see.
It will soon grow dark.
After a while, it got dark.
Why is it so dark?
It's gotten dark.
It was dark and I couldn't see anything.
It's dark at night, so it's dangerous.
Are you afraid of the dark?
It was dark under the bridge.
It will soon be dark.
It will be dark soon.
It's getting dark outdoors.
It's getting dark outside.
Are you still afraid of the dark?
It's too dark in here to read.
The sky is getting dark.
What are you looking for in the dark room?
The color is a little too dark.
It was already dark outside.
Suddenly, it got dark outside.
It is too dark to see clearly.
It is dark in that room.
It is getting dark. Let's go home.
Don't look only on the dark side of life.
It's really dark outside tonight.
The sky grew darker and darker.
It is getting darker and darker.
She came home after dark.
I don't like to go out after dark.
The thieves ran away after it got dark.
It's not good to read in a dark room.
It's too dark to take pictures here.
The sky suddenly began to darken.
It's too dark to play tennis now.
Dogs can see in the dark.
Dark clouds are a sign of rain.
It was very dark in Susan's room.
He was alone in the dark.
Don't read books in a dark place.
All of a sudden the sky became dark.
Don't play in the forest after dark.
You must come back before it gets dark.
What are you doing in a dark place like that?
It's getting dark. You'd better go home.
It's getting dark. I wonder if it's going to rain.
It's gradually becoming dark outside.
It was dark when we reached the hotel.
We will reach Tokyo before dark.
It's really dark outside. I wonder if a storm is coming.
It was dark, and I could not make out who was coming along the road.
As soon as it gets dark, the fireworks will start.
He was a dark figure with a pale face.
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.
After a while, the sun set and it became dark.
I shone a flashlight into the dark room.
The outlook for the defense program is dismal.
It got dark, and what was worse, it began to rain.
My eyes haven't yet adjusted to the darkness.
I waited for her till it got dark.
I have to get home before it gets dark.
It will be dark by the time the police come here.
I observed that it had already got dark.
By the time you get there, it will be nearly dark.
Those dark clouds will probably bring rain.
It was so dark that they could hardly see.
It's getting dark. Please turn the light on for me.
Because the surroundings were so dark, he could not see anything.
He disappeared into a dark corner at the back of the shop.
We pitched our tents before it got dark.
We will reach London before dark.
We hope to reach the summit before it gets dark.
He awoke and found himself shut up in a dark room.
It gets dark about half past five these days.
When I entered the dark music room, the piano stopped playing.
The sun sank below the horizon and it got dark.
All at once the sky became dark and it started to rain.
All of a sudden, large drops of rain began falling from the dark sky.
He was looking for something in the dark.
He lost his sense of direction in the dark woods.
Neptune is dark, cold, and very windy.
It will get dark earlier this evening, as it is raining.
You should return home before it gets dark.
I don't like walking home alone after dark.
It was quite dark when I got home.
We sang around the fire when it got dark.
All the children fell asleep before it got dark.
It was quite dark when I got there.
It was already dark, so I drove very slowly to be safe.
On entering a dark tunnel, we could see nothing.
John felt the presence of a ghost in the dark room.
My mother insists that I should not go out after dark.
By the time you land at Narita, it will be dark.
The mountain climbers reached the summit before dark.
The sky became as dark as if the sun had sunk.
All of the children had gone to bed before it got dark.
They shone like stars in the dark, dirty building.
Tom suggested we leave before it got dark.
The mother insisted on her children not playing in the park after dark.
It has got dark. Maybe it'll rain soon.
It was quite dark when I got home last night.