暮れる

Meanings

1. to get dark; to grow dark
2. to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to close
3. to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought); to be overcome with

Part of speech: ichidan verb, intransitive

Kanji

• 暮

  Meanings

  evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood

  On reading

  ボ

  Kun reading

  く.れる、く.らす

  Strokes

  14

Example sentences

• 冬の日は速く暮れる。

  The night falls fast in winter.

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