真っ黒い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真 黒
ま
Grade: 3
くろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
眞っ黑い (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 真(ま)っ黒(くろ) (makkuro).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まっくろ​い [màkkúróꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠k̚kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞i]

Adjective

真(ま)っ黒(くろ)い • (makkuroi) -i (adverbial 真(ま)っ黒(くろ)く (makkuroku))

  1. completely black, pitch black
    Antonym: 真っ白い

Inflection

See also

References

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