Entry
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    shady; underhanded; questionable

    俺は締め出されてるんだぞ?後ろ暗いことがあるに決まってる。
    I was locked out! There's got to be something fishy going on.

Also written 後ろぐらい【うしろぐらい】うしろ暗い【うしろぐらい】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

behind, back, later

Kun
のちうし.ろうしろあとおく.れる
On
コウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
26 of 2500
Radical
step
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

こししいしり

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3i6.5The Kanji Dictionary
2224.7Four corner code
2067deroo
5f8cUnicode hex code
1-24-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1610Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1742New Nelson (John Haig)
361New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
431Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
267Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
321Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1379Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1479Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1300Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
276Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10098Morohashi
111A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
48Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
48Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
208sakade
53Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
123henshall3
174Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
48crowley
30Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.11busy_people
625Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1391Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hou4Pinyin reading
huKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded

Kun
くら.いくら.むくれ.る
On
アン
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1040 of 2500
Radical
sun
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-9SKIP code
4c9.2The Kanji Dictionary
6006.1Four corner code
3878deroo
6697Unicode hex code
1-16-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2154Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2503New Nelson (John Haig)
1010New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1273Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
689Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
921Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
480Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
519Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1044A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1883Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
576Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14065Morohashi
224A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
348Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
348Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
154sakade
191Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
243henshall3
415Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
107Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
992Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
491Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
an4Pinyin reading
amKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level