暮れ

暮れ

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

暮れ (hiragana くれ, rōmaji kure)

1. sunset
2. about the end of a certain period of time
3. year-end

Derived terms

• 暮 (く)れ暮 (ぐ)れ (kuregure)

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• (sunset): 明 (あ)け (ake)

References

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