火ひ灯ともし頃ごろ

also: ひとぼしごろ

ひ

と

も

し

ご

ろ

Meanings

1

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.

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.

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.

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  Obsolete reading variant; ひとぼしごろ is outdated.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.

Formed from 火灯し, “lighting the lamps,” and 頃, “time”; it denotes the time of day when lamps are lit.

ひとぼしごろ

out-dated reading