暮れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暮
く Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くれ [kùré] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾe̞]

Noun

暮(く)れ • (kure)

dusk, nightfall, sunset
about the end of a certain period of time
year-end

Synonyms

(sunset): 夕(ゆう)方(がた) (yūgata), 夕(ゆう)べ (yūbe)
(year-end): 年(ねん)末(まつ) (nenmatsu)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “sunset”): 明(あ)け (ake)

Derived terms

暮(く)れ暮(ぐ)れ (kuregure)

References

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

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