dusk; twilight scene
Literary noun for the dim light of evening or a scene at dusk. Not an everyday word; used in poetic or descriptive writing.
The dusk began to envelop the town.
He likes to paint twilight scenes.
dusky; somber twilight
Compound of 暮 (dusk, evening) and 色 (color, scene). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is used in classical and modern literary Japanese.