薄暗い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
うす
Grade: S
くら > ぐら
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「薄暗い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 薄暗く すぐらく
すぐらく
すぐら


Terminal (終止形) 薄暗い すぐらい
すぐら

Attributive (連体形) 薄暗い すぐらい
すぐら

Key constructions
Informal negative 薄暗くない すぐらくな
すぐらくない
すぐらくない


Informal past 薄暗かった すぐらかった
すぐらかった

Informal negative past 薄暗くなかった すぐらくなかった
すぐらくなかった
すぐらくなかった


Formal 薄暗いです すぐらいです
Conjunctive 薄暗くて すぐらくて
すぐらくて

Conditional 薄暗ければ すぐらければ
すぐらければ

Adjective

(うす)(ぐら) (usugurai-i (adverbial (うす)(ぐら) (usuguraku))

  1. gloomy, dim

Inflection

Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.