🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
くらさん【暗さん・昏さん・冥さん・闇さん】 : kurasan | define meaning
kurasan
Pronunciation: [kuɾasaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Dark
- Gloomy; somber
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese くらい【暗い・昏い・冥い・闇い】 kurai "dark".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Dark. Coórasing".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 暗さん 昏さん 冥さん 闇さん |
| Kana | くらさん |
| Romanization | kurasan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [kuɾasaŋ̍] |
意味：くらい【暗い・昏い・冥い・闇い】
暗さん
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, December 2). くらさん【暗さん・昏さん・冥さん・闇さん】 : kurasan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, February 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8057/kurasan/.