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どす黒いドス黒い
どすぐろい
1. [adj-i]
▶ darkish
▶ dusky
▶ dark
▶ murky
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2701370 どす 3. muddy; turbid; murky; unclear

Conjugations


History:
2. A 2023-02-28 11:14:32  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: darkish; dusky; murky; dark.
Other JEs similar
  Comments:
I thought it was OK. Aligning with どす is not so important.
  Diff:
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2701370">ドス・3</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2701370">ドス・3</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2701370">ドス・3</xref>
-<gloss>murky black</gloss>
-<gloss>dark ( thoughts, etc. )</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2701370">どす・3</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2701370">どす・3</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2701370">どす・3</xref>
+<gloss>darkish</gloss>
+<gloss>dusky</gloss>
+<gloss>dark</gloss>
+<gloss>murky</gloss>
1. A* 2023-02-28 06:30:56  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
sankoku: 色が、黒くてきたない感じだ
どす黒い	47758	67.0%
ドス黒い	22669	31.8%
ドスぐろい	81	0.1%
どすぐろい	786	1.1%
  Comments:
added katakana, changed gloss, trying to align with どす[3].

I have the proviso on "dark":  "( thoughts, etc. )", because I think "dark" would be inadequate if considered as a color alone.

"darkish" and "dusky" don't seem to align with the entry for どす, and don't seem to match google image search results. I see oily black in a lot in images...
Collocations include どす黒い血, どす黒い感情, どす黒いオーラ ドス黒い陰謀
"Dark" as a metaphor seems to be correct for どす黒い感情.  

There is a now-popular book titled 
GACKTのドス黒いメンタリズム  

Reverso has one example ドス黒い曲 = "thick dark songs" 

Maybe there is a better gloss, but I don't want to get carried away.  

Linked back to どす to let the reader see the various nuances...
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>ドス黒い</keb>
@@ -12,2 +15,4 @@
-<gloss>darkish</gloss>
-<gloss>dusky</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2701370">どす・3</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2701370">ドス・3</xref>
+<gloss>murky black</gloss>
+<gloss>dark ( thoughts, etc. )</gloss>

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