Word Meaning 暮れる

くれる kureru

暮れる is read as くれる (kureru) and means to get dark.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

くれる

Romaji

kureru

Writing Variants

  • 暗れる くれる kureru
  • 昏れる くれる kureru
  • 眩れる くれる kureru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Antonyms 明ける Rank 6466 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

暮らし

くらし

(way of) life

暮れ

くれ

end

暮らす

くらす

to spend (time)

暮らし向き

くらしむき

life circumstances

思案に暮れる

しあんにくれる

to be lost in thought

野暮

やぼ

boorish

歳暮

せいぼ

year-end gift

夕暮れ

ゆうぐれ

evening

日暮れ

ひぐれ

twilight

一人暮らし

ひとりぐらし

living by oneself

お歳暮

おせいぼ

year-end gift

明け暮れ

あけくれ

morning and evening

Example Sentences

7

ひがくれるまえにいえへかえろう。

Let's go home before evening falls.

The sun will set soon.

In winter, night falls quickly.

In winter the sun goes down in the blink of an eye.

It's getting dark earlier, isn't it?

I'm not seeing the obvious and am rather puzzled.

The children played outside until dark.