暗い

dark; gloomy; murky; depressed

Meaning

  1. adj-i
    dark; gloomy; murky
  2. adj-i
    depressed; dispirited; down in the dumps; dark (mood)
  3. adj-i
    dark (in colour); dull
  4. adj-i
    ill-boding; dark (e.g. past); suspicious
  5. adj-i
    unlikely (to succeed); hopeless; unpromising
  6. adj-i
    unfamiliar (with); ignorant (of)

Example sentences

  • Then, although it was dreary up to the other day, everywhere were flowers, flowers, flowers.

  • It's getting darker outside now.

  • It was evening and already dark but I saw a cat walking along a telephone wire. Can they do that, cats?