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黄昏
tasogare
Description
黄昏は、夕方に空が暗くなり始める時間のことです。
"黄昏" is the time in the evening when the sky begins to darken.
少しさびしくてきれいな雰囲気があるので、詩や歌でよく使われます。
"黄昏" has a slightly lonely and beautiful atmosphere, so it is often used in poems and songs.
Meanings
黄昏tasogare
twilight; dusk, when the sky grows dark
黄昏の空がとてもきれいだった。
The twilight sky was very beautiful.
黄昏tasogare
decline; the fading period of something
彼は人生の黄昏を静かに過ごしている。
He is quietly spending the twilight of his life.
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Notes
- Etymology
from 誰そ彼 (ta so kare, "who is that?"), the dim hour when faces are hard to see.
- Nuance
more literary and poetic than the everyday 夕方 (yuugata).
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