杳く
くらく · kuraku
杳く is the masu-stem of 杳い — dark, gloomy, murky.
- depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood)
- dark (in colour), dull
How it’s built
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
杳い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 杳い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 杳い
| Negative (ない形) | 杳くないくらくない |
| Past (た形) | 杳かったくらかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 杳くなかったくらくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 杳くてくらくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) ← this one | 杳くくらく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 杳いくらい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 杳ければくらければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 杳かったらくらかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 杳くなるくらくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 杳すぎるくらすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
杳けれ杳きゃ杳けりゃ杳かろ杳かろう杳かろふ杳い杳え杳杳う杳かっSave your words
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