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日暮れ (ひぐれ, higure) Japanese meaning: twilight | Kotomora

日ひ暮ぐれ

ひ

ぐ

れ

Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

twilight; dusk; sunset; evening

Refers to the time of day when the sun is setting and light fades; can be used poetically or in everyday description.

日ひ暮

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れ

が

近ちか

づく

と

、

街がい

灯とう

が

点つ

き

始はじ

め

た

。

As dusk approached, the streetlights began to turn on.

日ひ暮ぐれの空そらが美うつくしい。

The twilight sky is beautiful.

Usage patterns

日ひ暮ぐれが迫せまるfor dusk to be approaching
日ひ暮ぐれが迫せまっていたので、急いそいで家いえに帰かえった。
Dusk was approaching, so I hurried home.
日ひ暮ぐれまでに〈動どう詞し〉to do something by the time dusk falls
日ひ暮ぐれまでに山やまを下おりなければならない。
We have to get down the mountain by dusk.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
暮evening, twilight, season's end

Related words

夕ゆう暮ぐれN1
夕暮れ is the more common, neutral word for evening twilight, while 日暮れ can sound slightly more literary and focuses on the sun going down.
黄昏たそがれN1
黄昏 is a poetic word often used metaphorically for decline, whereas 日暮れ simply describes the literal time when daylight fades.
日にち没ぼつN1
日没 is a precise, almost scientific term for the moment the sun sets, while 日暮れ describes the broader fading-light period around that time.
暮くれN3
日暮れ emphasizes the moment daylight fades into darkness, while 暮れ is a more general word for dusk or an ending.

Opposites

夜よ明あけN3
夜明け refers to dawn/daybreak, the opposite end of the day from 日暮れ, which is dusk/sunset.
日ひの出でN2
日の出 is the sunrise, the direct opposite moment to the sunset described by 日暮れ.
有あり明あけ
日暮れ means dusk or nightfall, the opposite time of day from 有明, which means dawn.

Word family

日ひ暮ぐれ時どき
twilight; dusk

Built from

日ひ+暮くれる

Written forms

日ひ暮ぐれUsage68%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
日ひ暮ぐれUsage31%
Abbreviated kanji form; rare and mostly literary.
日ひぐれUsage1%
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

Compound of 日 (hi, 'sun') and 暮れ (kure, 'end' or 'darkening'), from the verb 暮れる (kureru, 'to get dark').