夕凪(ゆうなぎ)

ゆうなぎ
noun
evening calm; evening lull
literaryweathertime-general
1. evening calm; evening lull
A period of calm that occurs near the coast in the evening when the sea breeze dies down. By extension, a peaceful, still evening atmosphere.
夕凪(ゆうなぎ)の時間(じかん)が来(き)た。
The time of evening calm has come.
夕凪(ゆうなぎ)の海(うみ)は鏡(かがみ)のように静(しず)かだった。
The sea during the evening calm was as still as a mirror.
瀬戸内海(せとないかい)の夕凪(ゆうなぎ)は夏(なつ)になると特(とく)に蒸(む)し暑(あつ)くなる。
The evening calm of the Seto Inland Sea becomes especially hot and humid in summer.

凪(なぎ) is a calm or lull in the wind, especially at sea. On the coast the sea breeze dies down around sunset before the land breeze starts, and this brief stillness is 夕凪(ゆうなぎ). Around the 瀬戸内海(せとないかい) (Seto Inland Sea) it is famous for making summer evenings oppressively hot.

Related words

  • 朝凪(あさなぎ): morning calm
  • 凪(なぎ): a calm, a lull
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