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火灯し頃 (ひともしごろ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

火ひ灯ともし頃ごろ

also: ひとぼしごろ

ひ

と

も

し

ご

ろ

Meanings

1

noun

early evening; dusk; lamp-lighting time

Refers to the time around dusk when lamps or lights are lit. Somewhat literary or old-fashioned; in modern conversation 夕暮れ or 日暮れ are more common.

火ひ灯ともし頃ごろになると、町まちに明あかりがともり始はじめる。
Around lamp-lighting time, lights begin to come on in the town.
火ひ

灯とも

し

頃ごろ

の

空そら

が

美うつく

しい

。

The sky at dusk is beautiful.

Written forms

火ひ灯ともし頃ごろ
Standard kanji spelling for this word.
火点し頃
- ひともしごろ
  Variant kanji spelling; 点し is an alternative for 灯し.
- ひとぼしごろ
  out-dated reading
  Obsolete reading variant; ひとぼしごろ is outdated.
灯ひともし頃ごろ
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 灯 is normally read ひ, not ともし.
ひとぼしごろ
out-dated reading

Kanji

火fire
灯lamp, a light, light
頃time, about, toward
点

Similar words

夕ゆう暮ぐれ
夕暮れ is the common, everyday word for dusk or evening twilight. 火灯し頃 is more literary and evokes the older practice of lighting lamps.
日ひ暮ぐれ
日暮れ is a neutral word for nightfall. 火灯し頃 carries a nostalgic or poetic nuance.

Etymology

Compound of 火 (hi, 'fire/lamp'), 灯し (tomoshi, 'lighting', from 灯す), and 頃 (koro, 'approximate time'). The reading ひともしごろ reflects rendaku on 火 (hi→hi) and the noun form 灯し. The variant ひとぼしごろ is an older reading with voicing on 灯し.

spot, point, mark