日暮らし

Japanese
Kanji in this term
日 暮
ひ
Grade: 1		 く > ぐ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
日暮
日暮し

Etymology

Compound of 日(ひ) (hi, “day”) + 暮(く)らし (kurashi, “living, subsistence”).

The kurashi shifted to gurashi over time, an instance of rendaku (連濁).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひぐらし [hìgúráshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çiɡɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ɕi]

Noun

日(ひ)暮(ぐ)らし or 日暮(ひく)らし • (higurashi or hikurashi) 

  1. from morning to evening, all day
    Synonyms: 一日中 (ichinichi-jū), 終日 (shūjitsu, hizugara, hinemosu, himemosu, hi mo sugara)

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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