杳
くら · kura
JLPT N3 i-adjective 語幹
杳 is the stem of 杳い — dark, gloomy, murky.
- depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood)
- dark (in colour), dull
How it’s built
杳い
杳
Stem (語幹). The part that does not change. Adjectives and some words appear as a bare stem in compounds or exclamations.
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) | 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う杳く杳かっSave your words
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