Word Meaning 真っ暗闇

まっくらやみ makkurayami

真っ暗闇 is read as まっくらやみ (makkurayami) and means pitch dark.

Meaning

English

  1. pitch dark
  2. total darkness

Reading

Kana

まっくらやみ

Romaji

makkurayami

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 150008 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

真の闇

しんのやみ

pitch-darkness

真っ暗

まっくら

bleak future

暗闇

くらやみ

darkness

お先真っ暗

おさきまっくら

very bleak

真実

しんじつ

absolute truth

真相

しんそう

truth

真っ最中

まっさいちゅう

right in the middle (of)

真正面

ましょうめん

directly opposite

真面目

まじめ

honest

真似

まね

imitating

真っ向

まっこう

helmet front

Example Sentences

2

It is pitch dark.

When the breaker tripped and it became pitch black, the baby got scared and started crying.