evening twilight; dusk
Refers to the dim light after sunset; a poetic or literary term for the time of day when it is getting dark.
The first star began to shine in the evening twilight sky.
He was walking alone through the town at dusk.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
Ateji spelling; rarely used.
Compound of 夕 (yū, 'evening') and まぐれ (magure), an old word for twilight or dusk. The exact derivation of まぐれ is uncertain, but it may be related to 暮れる (kureru, 'to get dark').