Refers to the time of day when the sun has set but it is not yet completely dark; a poetic or slightly literary term for the evening twilight.
At dusk, the streetlights all come on at once.
彼女は黄昏時の空の色が一番好きだと言った。
She said she likes the color of the sky at twilight the most.
薄暮 is a formal or technical term for 'dusk', often used in weather forecasts or official contexts. 黄昏時 is more emotional and literary.
Standard kanji spelling for 'dusk' or 'twilight'.
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not a standard spelling.
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not a standard spelling.
Compound of 黄昏 (たそがれ, 'twilight') + 時 (とき, 'time'), with rendaku voicing of とき to どき. 黄昏 itself is of uncertain origin, possibly from 誰そ彼 (たそかれ, 'who is that?'), referring to the dim light when it is hard to recognize faces.