JLPT N5 vocabulary
暗い: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
くらい0Heiban · flat
i-adjective
Meaning
- dark, gloomy, murky
- depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark in mood
- dark in colour, dull
- ill-boding, dark (e.g. past), suspicious
- unlikely to succeed, hopeless, unpromising
- unfamiliar with, ignorant of

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 暗い | 暗 |
| Plain past過去形 | 暗 | 暗 |
| Polite presentです形 | 暗い | 暗 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 暗 | 暗 |
| Te-formて形 | 暗 | 暗 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 暗い | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 暗 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 暗 | 暗 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 暗 | 暗 |
Example sentences
部屋は暗くて汚いです。
The room is dark and dirty.