I Love Kanji真っ暗 (makkura)
真っ暗 (まっくら, makkura) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “pitch-dark; pitch-black”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まっくら
- Romaji
- makkura
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark · な-adjective, noun
- very bleak (future); utterly hopeless · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 真っ暗
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 真っ暗だ | まっくらだ makkurada |
| Present (polite) | 真っ暗です | まっくらです makkuradesu |
| Negative | 真っ暗じゃない | まっくらじゃない makkurajanai |
| Past | 真っ暗だった | まっくらだった makkuradatta |
| Negative past | 真っ暗じゃなかった | まっくらじゃなかった makkurajanakatta |
| Te-form | 真っ暗で | まっくらで makkurade |
| Before a noun | 真っ暗な | まっくらな makkurana |
| Adverb (~ni) | 真っ暗に | まっくらに makkurani |
Kanji in 真っ暗
真
true, reality, Buddhist sectシン・ま・ま- · 10 strokes暗
darkness, disappear, shadeアン・くら.い・くら.む · 13 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 真っ暗.
写真しゃしんphotograph真面目まじめserious真剣しんけんserious真似まねimitating真理しんりtruth真っ赤まっかbright red真空しんくうvacuum真っ黒まっくろpitch-black真っ青まっさおdeep blue真っ先まっさきthe head真っ白まっしろpure white真似るまねるto mimic真実しんじつtruth真珠しんじゅpearl
Source: JMdict entry 1363190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.