noun
evening scene; evening landscape
Describes the visual scenery at dusk; often used in literary or descriptive contexts. Abbreviation of 夕景色.
See also: 夕景色
この絵は田舎の夕景を描いている。
This painting depicts a rural evening scene.
noun
light of the setting sun
Only with reading せっけい / せきけい
Obsolete reading せっけい/せきけい; refers specifically to the glow of the setting sun. Not used in modern Japanese.
古語では「せっけい」が夕日の光を指した。
In old language, せっけい referred to the light of the setting sun.
Compound of 夕 (ゆう, 'evening') and 景 (けい, 'scene'). The obsolete readings せっけい and せきけい are historical Sino-Japanese variants.