真っ黒い

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
くろ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
眞っ黑い (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From ()(くろ) (makkuro).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っくろ [màkkúróꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠k̚kɯ̟ɾo̞i]

Adjective

()(くろ) • (makkuroi-i (adverbial ()(くろ) (makkuroku))

  1. completely black, pitch black
    Antonym: 真っ白い

Inflection

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN