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暗い is an exact match with one form of the following word:
暗い
BOOST
Reading : くらい   
1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
3. depressed; dispirited
4. sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past)
5. unclear; unfamiliar; unknown
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 163,475 which gives a rank of 439
暗い is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 18,000 (about 36,600,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 466 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4859
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
くら
すぎて
はっきり
えない

It is too dark to see clearly.
くら
へや
部屋
どくしょ
読書
する
よくない
It's not good to read in a dark room.
くら
なってきました
かり
つけてくれません
It's getting dark. Please turn the light on for me.
くらい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 467,000,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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闇い
BOOST
Reading : くらい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 38,000 (about 14,300,000 results)
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冥い
BOOST
Reading : くらい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 168,000 (about 451,000 results)
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昏い
BOOST
Reading : くらい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 211,000 (about 183,000 results)
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アン   くら dark   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
やみ darkness   
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モン   かど gate   
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メイ   ミョウ    dark   
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cover; covered   
ロク   むっ six   む    むい    む    
コン   くら dark   
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シ    family; Mr / Mrs   うじ family name   
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