日暮らし
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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日 | 暮 |
ひ Grade: 1 |
く > ぐ Grade: 6 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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日暮 日暮し |
Etymology edit
Compound of 日 (hi, “day”) + 暮らし (kurashi, “living, subsistence”).
The kurashi shifted to gurashi over time, an instance of rendaku (連濁).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
日暮らし or 日暮らし • (higurashi or hikurashi)
Derived terms edit
- 蜩, 晩蝉, 茅蜩 (higurashi, “evening cicada”)
- 日暮の門 (higurashi-no-mon)
- その日暮らし, 其の日暮らし (sono higurashi, “living hand-to-mouth”)