暗くらい

i-adjective

dark; dim; murky

Describes a place, light, water, sky, etc. as lacking light or being hard to see through.

• 部屋へやが暗くらいので、電でん気きをつけた。

  The room was dark, so I turned on the light.

• 暗くらい道みちを一人ひとりで歩あるくのは少すこし怖こわい。

  Walking alone on a dark road is a little scary.

i-adjective

depressed; gloomy; downcast

Used of a person's expression, voice, mood, or atmosphere when it feels gloomy or dispirited.

• 彼かの女じょは暗くらい顔かおで帰かえってきた。

  She came home with a gloomy look on her face.

• その知しらせを聞きいて、みんな暗くらい気き持もちになった。

  After hearing the news, everyone felt depressed.

i-adjective

dark in color; dull

Refers to a color or tone being dark, subdued, or not bright.

• 彼かれは暗くらい青あおのコートを着きていた。

  He was wearing a dark blue coat.

• この部屋へやには暗くらい色しょくの家か具ぐが多おおい。

  This room has a lot of dark-colored furniture.

i-adjective

dark; sinister; shady

Used figuratively for something with an ominous, troubling, or suspicious shadow over it, especially in phrases like 暗い過去 and 暗い影.

• 彼かれには人ひとに言いえない暗くらい過か去こがある。

  He has a dark past he cannot tell people about.

• その事じ故こは町まちの未み来らいに暗くらい影かげを落おとした。

  The accident cast a dark shadow over the town's future.

i-adjective

unpromising; unlikely; hopeless

Common in expressions such as 見通しが暗い or 前途が暗い, meaning that prospects are poor or success seems unlikely.

• このままでは、優ゆう勝しょうの見み通とおしは暗くらい。

  At this rate, the prospects of winning the championship are poor.

• 資し金きんが集あつまらず、計けい画かくの前ぜん途とは暗くらい。

  The plan's future looks bleak because the funds have not been raised.

i-adjective

unfamiliar with; ignorant of

Used specifically in the pattern Xに暗い, meaning that someone lacks knowledge of or is not well informed about X.

Antonyms: 明るい

• 私わたしは法ほう律りつに暗くらいので、専せん門もん家かに相そう談だんした。

  I am not familiar with the law, so I consulted an expert.

• 彼かれは政せい治じに暗くらい。

  He is ignorant of politics.