Word details
黒い
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 黒い.
Dictionary
Entry
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
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
黒
black
11 strokesFrequency 573JLPT N3Grade 2
On
コク
Kun
くろくろ.ずむくろ.い
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