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真っ暗 (まっくら): total darkness — Japanese vocabulary

真っ暗 is read まっくら and means "total darkness". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

真っ暗

Reading
まっくら · makkura
Translation
total darkness
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
まっくらが

Example

部屋は真っ暗だった。

へやはまっくらだった。

The room was in complete darkness.

Kanji in this word

  • 真 — truth, real
  • 暗 — dark

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