浅あさ黒ぐろい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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i-adjective

dark-skinned; swarthy; tanned

Describes skin or complexion that is naturally dark or has become tanned; not used for objects or colors in general.

彼かれは浅あさ黒ぐろい肌はだをしている。
He has dark skin.
夏なつの海うみで浅あさ黒ぐろく日ひ焼やけした。
I got tanned dark at the beach in summer.

Kanji

浅shallow, superficial, frivolous
黒black

Similar words

色いろ黒ぐろ
色黒 is a noun/no-adjective meaning 'dark-complexioned' and is more direct; 浅黒い is an i-adjective and sounds slightly softer or more descriptive.
日ひ焼やけ
日焼け is a noun/suru-verb for 'sunburn' or 'suntan'; 浅黒い describes the resulting dark complexion.

Etymology

Compound of 浅 (asa, 'light, shallow') + 黒い (kuroi, 'black'). The prefix 浅- here means 'somewhat' or 'lightly', so the word literally means 'lightly black', i.e., 'darkish' or 'swarthy'.