JLPT N2 · い-adjective

薄暗い (usugurai)

薄暗い (うすぐらい, usugurai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “dim; gloomy”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: うすぐらい
Romaji: usugurai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

dim; gloomy · い-adjective

Example sentences

薄暗い光の中で彼の顔を見た。

I saw his face in the dim light.

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

Conjugation of 薄暗い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	薄暗い	うすぐらい usugurai
Negative	薄暗くない	うすぐらくない usugurakunai
Past	薄暗かった	うすぐらかった usugurakatta
Negative past	薄暗くなかった	うすぐらくなかった usugurakunakatta
Te-form	薄暗くて	うすぐらくて usugurakute
Adverb (~ku)	薄暗く	うすぐらく usuguraku
Conditional (~ba)	薄暗ければ	うすぐらければ usugurakereba

Kanji in 薄暗い

薄

dilute, thin, weak (tea)ハク・うす.い・うす- · 16 strokes

暗

darkness, disappear, shadeアン・くら.い・くら.む · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 薄暗い.

薄いうすいthin (of an object)薄めるうすめるto dilute薄弱はくじゃくfeebleness暗いくらいdark暗記あんきmemorization真っ暗まっくらpitch-dark暗殺あんさつassassination暗示あんじhint暗算あんざんmental arithmetic

Source: JMdict entry 1475530 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.