Word details

どす黒い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word どす黒い.

Dictionary

Entry

どす黒いドス黒いすぐろ~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.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

black

11 strokesFrequency 573JLPT N3Grade 2

On

コク

Kun

くろくろ.ずむくろ.い

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