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日暮れ (ひぐれ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

日ひ暮ぐれ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

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.

日ひ暮ぐれが近ちかづくと、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.

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.

Kanji

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

Similar words

夕ゆう暮ぐれ
夕暮れ is more common and neutral for 'evening twilight'; 日暮れ can feel slightly more literary or focused on the sun's setting.
黄昏たそがれ
黄昏 is more poetic and often used metaphorically for decline or fading, while 日暮れ is more concrete about the time of day.

Etymology

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