お
さき
先
ま
真
　
っ
くら
暗

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, takes genitive case の

  1. (looking) very bleak, having dim prospects.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
　
お
さき
先
ま
真
　
っ
くら
暗
 お先真っ暗 おさきまっくら
お
御
さき
先
ま
真
　
っ
くら
暗
 御先真っ暗 おさきまっくら

Contained Kanji Breakdown

before, ahead, previous
セン　さき　ま.ず (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
true, reality, Buddhist sect
シン　ま　まっ (3rd, N4)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
tool, utensil, means
グ　そな.える　つぶさ.に (3rd, N3)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン　あき.らか　あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
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)