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夕日 (ゆうひ, yuuhi) Japanese meaning: evening sun | Kotomora
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さ
し
込こ
ん
で
いる
。
The evening sun is streaming in through the window.
I watched the setting sun sink below the horizon at the beach.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 沈しず む for the sun to set
The setting sun is sinking into the sea.
夕ゆう 日ひ を 見み る to watch the sunset
The two of them watched the sunset from the top of the hill.
夕ゆう 日ひ に 染そ まる to be dyed in the colors of the sunset
The whole sky was dyed with the colors of the sunset.
夕ゆう 日ひ が 輝かがや く for the setting sun to shine brightly
The setting sun was glimmering on the water's surface.
Kanji 陽 sunshine, yang principle, positive Related words 落日 is a more literary word for the setting sun, often used in written or poetic contexts, whereas 夕日 is the everyday term.
入り日 is a poetic, slightly old-fashioned synonym for 夕日, both meaning the setting sun.
夕日 is the poetic image of the setting sun itself, while 西日 focuses on the harsh, glaring light that streams into west-facing rooms in the late afternoon.
夕日 is the common, everyday word for the setting sun, while 斜陽 is a more literary term often tinged with a sense of decline or the end of an era.
夕日 refers to the evening sun itself (its color, its light), whereas 日の入り refers to the event or time of the sun setting.
Etymology Formed from 夕（ゆう）, “evening,” and 日（ひ）, “sun.” The reading remains ゆうひ without sequential voicing.
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Alternate kanji spelling using 陽 (sunshine); less common than 夕日 but still encountered.
