黒
黒

black

11 strokesFrequency 573JLPT N3Grade 2

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コク

Kun

くろくろ.ずむくろ.い

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

black

Constituents

?barbecue
?computer
?oven-fire

Mnemonic Stories

The new smart barbecue has a computer controller. Unfortunately it glitched and now my steak is black.

My gaming computer overheated and caught on fire and melted into a smoking black brick.

Dictionary

Common Words

黒いくろい～い Adj.Freq #767
1

black

Examples
丈の長い黒いコートを着た、あの長身の男だった。
It was the tall man in the long, black coat.
2

dark; blackish; sun-tanned (skin)

Examples
ナンシーはヘレンよりもほんのすこし色が黒い。
Nancy is a shade darker than Helen.
3

suspicious; criminal; illicit

Examples
州知事は黒い金に手をつけました。
The governor took the money out of a slush fund.
4

darkened and dirty; sooty; covered in dirt

5

evil; wicked; black-hearted

6

inauspicious; ill-boding; unlucky

黒くろNounFreq #1430
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

black

Examples
２匹犬を飼っているが、１匹は白でもう１匹は黒だ。
I have two dogs. One is white and the other black.
2

Go (game)

black stone

3

guilt; guilty person

黒髪くろかみこくはつNoun～の Adj.Freq #3362
1

black hair

真っ黒まっ黒真黒まっくろNoun～な Adj.Freq #5681
1

pitch black

Examples
あーあ、トーストが真っ黒に焦げてしまっているよ。
Oh, the toast is burned black.
漆黒しっこくNoun～の Adj.Freq #8227
1

Formal or literary term

jet-black; pitch-dark; raven-black; stygian

Examples
黒い天使は、その漆黒の翼を大きく広げて、空へと舞い上がる。
The black angel spread those jet-black wings wide and flew up into the sky.
暗黒あんこく闇黒Noun～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #8702
1

darkness

Examples
私は今まさに最後の旅路につき、暗黒へと一大飛躍しようとしている。
I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
赤黒いあかぐろい赭黒い～い Adj.Freq #9756
1

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

黒幕くろまくNounFreq #9851
1

black curtain

2

wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator; éminence grise; power broker

Examples
私は誰が黒幕か知っている。
I know who is pulling the strings.
黒板こくばんNounFreq #10541
1

blackboard

Examples
黒板に書きますね。
I'll write it on the blackboard.
どす黒いドス黒いどすぐろい～い Adj.Freq #12535
1

darkish; dusky; dark; murky

Examples
血はどす黒かったです。
The blood was a dark color.
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