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[うす()·ぐら()·]
usugurai
i adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

[うすぐら()·]
usugurai

Root Words:

[うす() + くら()·]
usu + kurai

English Meaning(s) for 薄暗い

i adjective
  1. dim; gloomy

Definition and Synonyms for 薄暗い

Gloom a state of partial or total darkness
Synonyms: 冥暗, 暗がり, 暗黒, 薄暗い
Dimness the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity
Synonyms: しおらしい, 薄暗い
Dark devoid of or deficient in light or brightness
Synonyms: ダーク, 暗い, 暗黒, 薄暗い
Subdued lacking in light
Synonyms: 小暗い, ほの暗い, 薄暗い
Twilight lighted by or as if by twilight
Synonyms: 薄暗い
Gloomful depressingly dark
Synonyms: 薄暗い, 陰気
Dark shadowed or black
Synonyms: ダーク, 暗い, 暗黒, 薄暗い
Subdued not bright or harsh
Synonyms: 小暗い, ほの暗い, 薄暗い

Meanings for each kanji in 薄暗い

» dilute; thin; weak (tea)
» darkness; disappear; shade; informal; grow dark; be blinded

Categories 薄暗い is a member of

Dullness a lack of visual brightness
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Semidarkness partial darkness
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 薄暗い

Conjugations for 薄暗い

Adjective stem
[うす()·ぐら()]
usugura
te-form
[うす()·ぐら()··]
usugurakute
Negative te-form
[うす()·ぐら()····]
usugurakunakute
Adverbial Form
[うす()·ぐら()·]
usuguraku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[うす()·ぐら()·]
usugurai
Present Indicative Negative Form
[うす()·ぐら()···]
usugurakunai
Past Indicative Form
[うす()·ぐら()···]
usugurakatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[うす()·ぐら()·····]
usugurakunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[うす()·ぐら()···]
usugurakereba
Present Indicative Negative Form
[うす()·ぐら()·····]
usugurakunakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
[うす()·ぐら()····]
usugurakunakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[うす()·ぐら()····]
usugurakattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
[うす()·ぐら()······]
usugurakunakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[うす()·ぐら()·]
usugurasa

Sample Sentences for 薄暗い

You shouldn't read in such poor light.
One time, I went to the atelier of a painter I had just met in the middle of the night. It was a dark room in an attic.
It's impossible to work in a room this dim.
Her face was not clear in the poor light.
One time, I went to the atelier of a painter I had just met in the middle of the night. It was a dark room in an attic.

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