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Learn Hardcore Japanese: kurai - dark

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 8
/kurai

kurai

Word

暗くらいkurai

Meaning

dark

Part of speech

i-adjective

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of kurai

山道やまみち　は　暗くらい　ので、　明あかるい　ライト　が　必要ひつよう　です。yamamichi wa kurai node, akarui raito ga hitsuyou desu.

The mountain path is dark, so a bright light is necessary.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

暗くらい　部屋へや　で　電気でんき　を　消けして　も　いい　です　か。kurai heya de denki o keshite mo ii desu ka.

May I turn off the light in the dark room?

暗くらい　道みち　で　スマホ　の　ライト　を　使つかいます。kurai michi de sumaho no raito o tsukaimasu.

I use my smartphone’s light on a dark road.

電話でんわ　の　画面がめん　が　暗くらくて　見みえません。denwa no gamen ga kurakute miemasen.

The phone screen is dark and I can't see it.

暗くらい　うち　に　起おきて　散歩さんぽ　を　する　と、　朝あさ　の　空気くうき　が　とても　気き持もちいい　です。kurai uchi ni okite sanpo o suru to, asa no kuuki ga totemo kimochiii desu.

If I get up and take a walk while it’s still dark, the morning air feels really pleasant.

暗くらい　道みち　を　歩あるく　とき、　車くるま　に　注意ちゅういします。kurai michi o aruku toki, kuruma ni chuuishimasu.

When I walk on a dark road, I pay attention to cars.

昨夜さくや　は　急きゅうに　停電ていでんして、　部屋へや　が　暗くらく　なりました。sakuya wa kyuuni teidenshite, heya ga kuraku narimashita.

Last night the power suddenly went out, and the room became dark.

この　道みち　は　夜よる　で　も　まっすぐで　分わかりやすい　です　が、　次つぎ　の　角かど　は　少すこし　暗くらい　です。kono michi wa yoru de mo massugude wakariyasui desu ga, tsugi no kado wa sukoshi kurai desu.

This road is straight and easy to follow even at night, but the next corner is a little dark.

パソコン　が　故障こしょうした　らしく、　電源でんげん　を　入いれて　も　画面がめん　が　暗くらい　まま　だった。pasokon ga koshoushita rashiku, dengen o irete mo gamen ga kurai mama datta.

It seemed that the computer had broken down, because even when I turned it on, the screen stayed dark.

すっかり　暗くらく　なって　いた　ので、　帰かえり　は　バス　に　乗のった。sukkari kuraku natte ita node, kaeri wa basu ni notta.

It had gotten completely dark, so I took the bus on the way home.

夜よる　は　通路つうろ　が　暗くらい　ので、　気き　を　つけて　ください。yoru wa tsuuro ga kurai node, ki o tsukete kudasai.

At night, the passageway is dark, so please be careful.

その　女おんなの子こ　は　暗くらい　道みち　を　怖こわがって、　母はは　の　後うしろ　を　ずっと　歩あるいて　いた。sono onnanoko wa kurai michi o kowagatte, haha no ushiro o zutto aruite ita.

That girl was scared of the dark road and kept walking behind her mother.

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