黄昏(たそがれ)

たそがれ
noun
twilight, dusk
1. twilight, dusk
The period of the day just after sunset when the sky is not completely dark but the sun is no longer visible.
黄昏(たそがれ)時(どき)に散歩(さんぽ)するのが好(す)きだ。
I like taking walks at twilight.
黄昏(たそがれ)の空(そら)がオレンジ色(いろ)に輝(かがや)いていた。
The twilight sky was glowing orange.
黄昏(たそがれ)の光(ひかり)の中(なか)で、街(まち)の景色(けしき)が金色(きんいろ)に輝(かがや)いて見(み)えた。
In the twilight light, the town scenery appeared to glow golden.
2. decline, waning period
(Figurative) The later years or declining period of someone's life, career, or an era.
彼(かれ)は人生(じんせい)の黄昏(たそがれ)を静(しず)かに過(す)ごしている。
He is spending the twilight of his life peacefully.
かつて栄(さか)えたその帝国(ていこく)も、もう黄昏(たそがれ)の時代(じだい)を迎(むか)えていた。
That once-prosperous empire had already entered its twilight era.
選手(せんしゅ)としての黄昏(たそがれ)を感(かん)じながらも、最後(さいご)まで全力(ぜんりょく)で戦(たたか)い続(つづ)けた。
Even while feeling the twilight of his career as an athlete, he kept fighting with all his might until the end.

黄昏(たそがれ) refers to twilight or dusk. The word comes from the phrase 「誰(た)そ彼(かれ)」(who is that?), reflecting the dim light making it hard to recognize faces.

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VERB FORM:

  • 黄昏(たそが)れる: to grow dark at dusk; (figurative) to decline, to enter one's twilight years

LITERARY/POETIC:

  • Commonly used in literature and poetry
  • Associated with melancholy, nostalgia, transition
  • A 季語(きご) (seasonal word) for autumn

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Related Words

Synonym: 夕暮(ゆうぐ)れ (evening (common))
Synonym: 日暮(ひぐ)れ (nightfall)
Antonym: 夜明(よあ)け (dawn)
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Added 2026.1.14 19:37 · Revised 2026.6.4 6:11
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