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暗
Dark
くら(い) (kurai)
JLPT N4
Interesting Fact
🥷 Movies often show ninja dressed in pitch black, but real ninja usually wore dark blue, brown, or gray. Pure black actually stood out under moonlight, while darker shades blended naturally into the night.
Memory Trick
🌞🎤 The Sun(日) falls asleep while listening to Birds Sound(音). Without its light, the world becomes dark. That's 暗.
Readings
Onyomi: アン (an)
Kunyomi: くら(い) (kurai)
Example Words
暗い
くらい (kurai)
Dark
暗記
あんき (anki)
Memorization
暗号
あんごう (angou)
Code, cipher
真っ暗
まっくら (makkura)
Pitch dark
Example Sentence
外は もう 暗いです。
そとは もう くらいです。
soto wa mou kurai desu
It is already dark outside.