日暮らし

日暮らし

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	暮
ひ Grade: 1	く > ぐ Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 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

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ひぐらし [hìgúráshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [çiɡɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ɕi]

Noun

日暮らし (hiragana ひぐらし, rōmaji higurashi, alternative reading ひくらし, rōmaji 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

• 蜩 (ヒグラシ), 晩蝉 (ヒグラシ), 茅蜩 (ヒグラシ) (higurashi, “evening cicada”)
• 日暮 (ひぐらし)の門 (もん) (higurashi-no-mon)
• その日 (ひ)暮 (ぐ)らし, 其 (そ)の日 (ひ)暮 (ぐ)らし (sono higurashi, “living hand-to-mouth”)

See also

• 日 (ひ)暮 (ぐ)れ (higure)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN