| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 暗い | くらい | 〔光が〕dark；〔薄暗い〕dusky, dim |
| I 1〔光が〕dark；〔薄暗い〕dusky, dim 暗い日だ The sky is overcast today.／What gloomy weather! 朝まだ暗いうちに before daybreak 窓辺の木の陰で部屋の中が暗い The room 「is dark [gets little light] because of the tree standing in front of the window. 明りが暗くて本が読めない The light is so dim that I can’t read (the book). 暗くする darken／make dim 空が暗くなって雨が降りそうだ The sky is clouding over and it looks like rain. 突然目の前が暗くなってばったり倒れた Suddenly everything went dark, and I fell. 2〔色が〕 暗い赤［青］ dark red [blue] II 1〔気持ちが沈むような〕gloomy 暗い音楽 melancholy music その知らせを聞いて気分が暗くなった The news made us feel gloomy [depressed]. 暗い顔をする look gloomy／pull a long face 彼女の顔がさっと暗くなった A shadow [cloud] passed over her face. 見通しは暗い Our prospects are gloomy.／We face a black [bleak] future. 彼は低く暗い声で答えた He answered in a low, dismal voice. 2〔よく知らない〕not familiar ((with))；not well acquainted ((with))；〔不案内である〕be a stranger 彼は世事に暗い He knows 「very little [《文》 but little] of the world. 情勢に暗い He knows nothing about the situation.／He is ignorant of the state of affairs. 来たばかりでこの町の地理には全く暗い I am a complete stranger in this town. 事情に暗いので黙っていた I said nothing because I didn’t know what was going on. 3〔後ろ暗い〕 何も後ろ暗いところはありません I have a clear conscience. 彼女には暗い過去があるらしい She seems to have a past. あの一家には暗い秘密があるらしい That family seems to have a skeleton in the closet [《英》 cupboard]. |