くろ
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. black
2. dark; blackish; sun-tanned (skin)
3. suspicious; criminal; illicit
4. darkened and dirty; sooty; covered in dirt
5. evil; wicked; black-hearted
6. inauspicious; ill-boding; unlucky
Kanji used
black
Pitch accent
Top 800
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
pitch black; deep black
observant eye
Examples (50 in total)
The black one is mine.
The flower isn't black.
Crows are black.
Is it not black?
That black one is mine.
This car is black.
Which dog is black?
The Japanese have dark eyes.
He wears black-rimmed glasses.
Coal is not always black.
This woman has black hair.
That boy's hair is black.
I saw a woman in black.
Do you like black cats?
What's in the black box?
She's always dressed in black.
Black cloth absorbs light.
It's something black, sweet, and moist.
Is that black bag yours?
Nearly all Japanese have dark hair.
Is the water in the Black Sea actually black?
We have a black and a white dog.
Black coats are in fashion this winter.
Look at those black clouds.
They have brown skin and black hair.
It is traditional to wear black to a funeral.
It was a big black American warship.
Black smoke came out of the chimney.
Black beetles are stronger than red beetles.
Nancy is a shade darker than Helen is.
The devil is not so black as he is painted.
Black clouds are gathering. It's going to rain.
The clouds are getting darker; it's going to rain.
She has been dyeing her hair black for years.
There is much sugar in this black box.
The trees looked black against the sky.
There's a black sheep in every flock.
Both Tom and Mary were wearing black coats.
There was a beautiful woman with black hair in the park.
"Forever and always?" asked the little black rabbit.
She wore a red shirt and a black skirt.
Look at those black clouds. It is going to rain.
Mary was wearing a black sweater when I met her.
It was the tall man in the long, black coat.
He was wearing black trousers and a beautiful white shirt.
Suddenly the little black rabbit sat down, and looked very sad.
The black angel spread those jet-black wings wide and flew up into the sky.
He bought a pair of black shoes yesterday.
We have three dogs, one white and two black.
Two little squirrels, a white squirrel and a black squirrel, lived in a large forest.