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グルーミー Japanese meaning | Kotomora

グルーミー

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Meanings

1

gloomy; dreary; melancholy

Describes a dark, depressing atmosphere or a person's low-spirited mood. Used as a na-adjective.

今日きょうは天てん気きがグルーミーで、気き分ぶんも沈しずみ

Don't confuse with

グルー
グルー means glue while グルーミー means gloomy; they only share the initial katakana グルー and are otherwise unrelated in meaning and part of speech.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'gloomy', adopted into Japanese as a na-adjective.

がち

だ

。

The weather is gloomy today, and I tend to feel down.

彼かれはグルーミーな表ひょう情じょうで部屋へやに入はいってきた。

He came into the room with a gloomy expression.