黒い

くろい · kuroi · JLPT N5 · i-adj

black

🐦‍⬛ kuroi sounds like crow-y: a crow is black

Say kuro quickly and it lands close to crow, the blackest bird around. Kuro (黒) is the noun black; adding い makes the adjective, just like shiro → shiroi for white.

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