also: こうこん
He likes taking a walk at dusk.
twilight years; declining years
Metaphorical use referring to the later stage of life, akin to the fading light of dusk.
彼は人生の黄昏を静かに過ごした。
He quietly spent the twilight years of his life.
melancholy; wistful nostalgia
Only with reading たそがれ
Colloquial use, often in the phrase 黄昏る (tasogareru), describing a state of sentimental melancholy or pensive nostalgia, especially at dusk.
夕暮れに一人でいると、なんだか黄昏ちゃうよね。
When you're alone at dusk, you kind of get all wistful, don't you?
I walked alone through the town at dusk.
He was entering the twilight years of his life.
The mountains were tinged with the colors of dusk.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for the colloquial sense.