暮くれかかる

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.

• 空そらが暮くれかかってきた。

  The sky is beginning to get dark.

• 日ひが暮くれかかる頃ころ、家いえ路じについた。

  I headed home as the sun was beginning to set.