"真っ暗" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [ma̠k̚kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]
Etymology: 真っ (ma'-, “truly”) + 暗 (kura, “dark”) Etymology templates: {{pre|ja|真っ|暗|sort=まっくら|t1=truly|t2=dark|tr1=ma'-|tr2=kura}} 真っ (ma'-, “truly”) + 暗 (kura, “dark”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|まっくら|infl=na}} 真(ま)っ暗(くら) • (makkura) -na (adnominal 真(ま)っ暗(くら)な (makkura na), adverbial 真(ま)っ暗(くら)に (makkura ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=まっくら|lemma=真っ暗|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 真っ暗 [canonical] (ruby: (), (くら)), makkura [romanization], 真っ暗な [adnominal] (ruby: (), (くら)), 真っ暗に [adverbial] (ruby: (), (くら)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 真っ暗だろ [imperfective, stem], まっくらだろ [imperfective, stem], makkura daro [imperfective], 真っ暗で [continuative, stem], まっくらで [continuative, stem], makkura de [continuative], 真っ暗だ [stem, terminative], まっくらだ [stem, terminative], makkura da [terminative], 真っ暗な [attributive, stem], まっくらな [attributive, stem], makkura na [attributive], 真っ暗なら [hypothetical, stem], まっくらなら [hypothetical, stem], makkura nara [hypothetical], 真っ暗であれ [imperative, stem], まっくらであれ [imperative, stem], makkura de are [imperative], 真っ暗ではない [informal, negative], 真っ暗じゃない [informal, negative], まっくらではない [informal, negative], まっくらじゃない [informal, negative], makkura de wa nai [informal, negative], makkura ja nai [informal, negative], 真っ暗だった [informal, past], まっくらだった [informal, past], makkura datta [informal, past], 真っ暗ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 真っ暗じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], まっくらではなかった [informal, negative, past], まっくらじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], makkura de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], makkura ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 真っ暗です [formal], まっくらです [formal], makkura desu [formal], 真っ暗ではありません [formal, negative], 真っ暗じゃありません [formal, negative], まっくらではありません [formal, negative], まっくらじゃありません [formal, negative], makkura de wa arimasen [formal, negative], makkura ja arimasen [formal, negative], 真っ暗でした [formal, past], まっくらでした [formal, past], makkura deshita [formal, past], 真っ暗ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 真っ暗じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], まっくらではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], まっくらじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], makkura de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], makkura ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 真っ暗で [conjunctive], まっくらで [conjunctive], makkura de [conjunctive], 真っ暗なら(ば) [conditional], まっくらなら(ば) [conditional], makkura nara (ba) [conditional], 真っ暗だったら [conditional, past], まっくらだったら [conditional, past], makkura dattara [conditional, past], 真っ暗だろう [volitional], まっくらだろう [volitional], makkura darō [volitional], 真っ暗に [adverbial], まっくらに [adverbial], makkura ni [adverbial], 真っ暗さ [noun-from-adj], まっくらさ [noun-from-adj], makkurasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. totally dark; pitch dark
    Sense id: en-真っ暗-ja-adj-mE4uoeHK Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with 真っ, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 98 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 真っ: 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 96 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 96 4

Noun

IPA: [ma̠k̚kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠] Forms: 真っ暗 [canonical] (ruby: (), (くら)), makkura [romanization]
Etymology: 真っ (ma'-, “truly”) + 暗 (kura, “dark”) Etymology templates: {{pre|ja|真っ|暗|sort=まっくら|t1=truly|t2=dark|tr1=ma'-|tr2=kura}} 真っ (ma'-, “truly”) + 暗 (kura, “dark”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|まっくら}} 真(ま)っ暗(くら) • (makkura)
  1. total darkness
    Sense id: en-真っ暗-ja-noun-8JjvQy0i

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      "form": "まっくらなら",
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      "form": "makkura nara",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "真っ暗であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "まっくらであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "makkura de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
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    {
      "form": "真っ暗ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "真っ暗じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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      "form": "まっくらではない",
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      "form": "makkura ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "真っ暗だった",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "informal",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "まっくらだった",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "past"
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      "form": "makkura datta",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "真っ暗ではなかった",
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        "negative",
        "past"
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        "past"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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      "form": "makkura de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "真っ暗じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "まっくらではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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      "form": "まっくらじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "makkura de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "makkura ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "真っ暗でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "makkura de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
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    },
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      "form": "makkurasa",
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        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
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        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "まっくら",
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        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
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          "english": "—Back in the day, night used to be deeply pitch dark.",
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              "暗",
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        }
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      "form": "makkura da",
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    {
      "form": "makkura na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "makkura nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkura ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "真っ暗さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まっくらさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makkurasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "真(ま)っ暗(くら) • (makkura) -na (adnominal 真(ま)っ暗(くら)な (makkura na), adverbial 真(ま)っ暗(くら)に (makkura ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
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      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "まっくら",
        "lemma": "真っ暗",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "—Back in the day, night used to be deeply pitch dark.",
          "ref": "1996 September 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “帰リ道その1”, in SHORT PROGRAM (SHORT PROGRAM), volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 254",
          "ruby": [
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              "帰",
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            ],
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              "道",
              "みち"
            ],
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              "1",
              "いち"
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            [
              "SHORT",
              "ショート"
            ],
            [
              "PROGRAM",
              "プログラム"
            ],
            [
              "SHORT",
              "ショート"
            ],
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              "PROGRAM",
              "プログラム"
            ],
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              "昔",
              "むかし"
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            [
              "夜",
              "よる"
            ],
            [
              "暗",
              "くら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "——昔、夜はほんとにまっ暗だったよね。\n——Mukashi, yoru wa honto ni makkura datta yo ne."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "totally dark; pitch dark"
      ],
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        [
          "totally",
          "totally"
        ],
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          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
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          "pitch dark",
          "pitch dark"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "まっくら"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠k̚kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "真っ暗"
}

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