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真っ黒け (まっくろけ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

真まっ黒くろけ

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Meanings

1

pitch black; completely black

Emphatic, colloquial expression for something being utterly black. Often used in casual speech.

停てい電でんで部屋へやの中なかが真まっ黒くろけになった

。

The room went pitch black because of the power outage.

彼かれの手ては油あぶらで真まっ黒くろけだ。

His hands are completely black with oil.

Kanji

真true, reality, Buddhist sect
黒black
気spirit, mind, air

Related words

真まっ黒くろ
真っ黒 is the standard word for 'pitch black'; 真っ黒け adds a more emphatic, colloquial feel.
真まっ暗くら
真っ暗 means 'pitch dark' (absence of light), while 真っ黒け focuses on the color black.

Written forms

真まっ黒くろけ
Standard kanji-kana spelling.
真まっ黒くろ気け
Alternate kanji spelling using 気; less common.

Etymology

Derived from 真っ黒 (makkuro, 'pitch black') with the emphatic suffix け (ke). The suffix け is also seen in other colloquial intensifiers like 真っ白け (masshiroke, 'pure white').