暮れる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
眩れる
暗れる
昏れる

Etymology

Related to くろ (kuro, black); see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) れる [kùrérú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「暮れる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
暮れる れる [kùrérú]
Imperative (命令形) 暮れろ れろ [kùréró]
Key constructions
Passive 暮れられる れられる [kùrérárérú]
Causative 暮れさせる れさせる [kùrésásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 暮れよう れよ [kùréyóꜜò]
Negative 暮れない れない [kùrénáí]
Negative perfective 暮れなかった れなかった [kùrénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 暮れます れま [kùrémáꜜsù]
Perfective 暮れた れた [kùrétá]
Conjunctive 暮れて れて [kùrété]
Hypothetical conditional 暮れれば れれ [kùréréꜜbà]

Verb

()れる • (kureruintransitive ichidan (stem () (kure), past ()れた (kureta))

Japanese verb pair
active 暮らす
mediopassive 暮れる
  1. (impersonal) to get dark, (of night) to fall
    Antonym: 明ける
  2. to end, to near the end (of a period of time, such as a season, day, year, or life)
  3. to be overwhelmed by an emotion, to be lost in thought
  4. 眩れる, 暗れる: to become depressed, to become dreary of mood

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • (くれ) (Kure, China, literally land of the setting sun) (archaic)

References