暮くれかかる

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Meanings

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godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

begin to get dark; begin to set (of the sun)

Describes the onset of evening or sunset. Often used in literary or descriptive contexts.

暮くれる
暮れる means 'to get dark' or 'to end (day/year)', while 暮れかかる specifically focuses on the beginning of that process.
日にち没ぼつ
日没 is a noun meaning 'sunset', whereas 暮れかかる is a verb describing the gradual onset of darkness.

Compound of 暮れ (kure, 'dusk, end of day') + かかる (kakaru, 'to begin to, to be about to').