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薄うす暗ぐらい

N2
うすぐらい usugurai
  1. dim
  2. gloomy
い-adjective

Chinese meanings

昏暗

Examples

  • 薄暗い光の中で彼の顔を見た。
    I saw his face in the dim light.
    我在昏暗的光线中看到了他的脸。
  • 薄うす暗ぐらい明あかりで本ほんを読よんではいけない。
    You shouldn't read in such poor light.
    不要在昏暗的灯光下看书。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('609f65f056'); // 薄暗い
{
  "id": "609f65f056",
  "word": "薄暗い",
  "reading": "うすぐらい",
  "romaji": "usugurai",
  "meanings": [
    "dim",
    "gloomy"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1475530,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "薄暗い光の中で彼の顔を見た。",
      "en": "I saw his face in the dim light.",
      "tatoeba_id": 121398
    },
    {
      "ja": "薄暗い明かりで本を読んではいけない。",
      "furigana": "{薄暗|うすぐら}い{明|あ}かりで{本|ほん}を{読|よ}んではいけない。",
      "en": "You shouldn't read in such poor light.",
      "tatoeba_id": 121396
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "14420fdffb9fa3020b1942df22d0a08fe2b01c2e50941b6c34ae3db88249bcb5",
    "meanings": [
      "昏暗"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "薄暗い光の中で彼の顔を見た。",
        "zh": "我在昏暗的光线中看到了他的脸。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "薄暗い明かりで本を読んではいけない。",
        "zh": "不要在昏暗的灯光下看书。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/609f65f056",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1475530; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "cd0992d9028996e992410209a6ed43c203013ec07ad7cb04fbc7dfbbaa90fde3"
  }
}