N2839/1725

薄うす暗ぐらい

い adjectiveadjective (generic)

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うすぐらい

Meanings

dim, gloomy

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Example sentences

薄暗うすぐらい部屋へやで本ほんを読よむと目めが疲つかれる。

Reading a book in a dim room strains your eyes.

夕方ゆうがたになると廊下ろうかが薄暗うすぐらくなってくる。

As evening approaches, the hallway becomes dim.

薄暗うすぐらい森もりの中なかを一人ひとりで歩あるくのは少すこし怖こわかった。

Walking alone through the gloomy forest was a little frightening.

古ふるい倉庫そうこの内部ないぶは薄暗うすぐらく、湿しめった空気くうきが漂ただよっていた。

The interior of the old warehouse was dim, with damp air drifting through it.

薄暗うすぐらい照明しょうめいが醸かもし出だす雰囲気ふんいきが、このレストランの魅力みりょくの一ひとつだと言いえよう。

One could say that the atmosphere created by the dim lighting is one of the charms of this restaurant.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)