真っ暗 (まっくら): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

真っ暗 (まっくら) means pitch dark / total darkness.

See example sentences below.

真っ暗 at a glance

真っ暗

まっくらmakkura

N2adj

pitch dark / total darkness

真っ暗まっくらmakkuraN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

pitch dark / total darkness

Example 1

部屋が真っ暗で何も見えない。

Translation

The room is pitch dark and I can't see anything.

Example 2

夜道は真っ暗で怖かった。

Translation

The road at night was pitch dark and scary.