真っ黒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真 黒
ま
Grade: 3
くろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
眞っ黑 (kyūjitai)
まっ黒
真黒

Etymology

From 真っ (ma'-, “truly”) +‎ 黒 (kuro, “black”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まっく​ろ [màkkúꜜrò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠k̚kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]

Adjective

真(ま)っ黒(くろ) • (makkuro) -na (adnominal 真(ま)っ黒(くろ)な (makkuro na), adverbial 真(ま)っ黒(くろ)に (makkuro ni))

  1. deep black; pitch-black
  2. blackened due to suntan or dirt

Inflection

Noun

真(ま)っ黒(くろ) • (makkuro) 

  1. deep black; pitch black

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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