adjective

  1. dim, dusky, gloomy.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
ほの暗い ほのぐらい
 
仄暗い ほのぐらい
 
灰暗い ほのぐらい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

darkness, disappear, shade
アン くら.い くれ.る (3rd, N3)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
sound, noise
おと オン ね (1st, N4)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)