JLPT N2 · な-adjective

真っ黒 (makkuro)

真っ黒 (まっくろ, makkuro) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “pitch-black; jet-black”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: まっくろ
Romaji: makkuro
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

pitch-black; jet-black; black · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun
strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun
sooty; black with dirt · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

あーあ、トーストが真っ黒に焦げてしまっているよ。

Oh, the toast is burned black.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 真っ黒

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	真っ黒だ	まっくろだ makkuroda
Present (polite)	真っ黒です	まっくろです makkurodesu
Negative	真っ黒じゃない	まっくろじゃない makkurojanai
Past	真っ黒だった	まっくろだった makkurodatta
Negative past	真っ黒じゃなかった	まっくろじゃなかった makkurojanakatta
Te-form	真っ黒で	まっくろで makkurode
Before a noun	真っ黒な	まっくろな makkurona
Adverb (~ni)	真っ黒に	まっくろに makkuroni

Kanji in 真っ黒

真

true, reality, Buddhist sectシン・ま・ま- · 10 strokes

黒

blackコク・くろ・くろ.ずむ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 真っ黒.

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真っ暗まっくらpitch-dark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 1604050 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.