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    3. 暮れる

    暮れる

    暮くれ​る​

    to get dark

    N4KMT7News #12+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab17 strokes

    昏れる眩れる暗れる

    くれる

    Verb, Intransitive

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

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    日ひが暮くれる前まえに家うちに帰かえりましょう。

    Let's go home before it gets dark.

    KMT3Daily Life
    楽たのしい時じ間かんはあっという間まに暮くれてしまいました。

    The fun time quickly came to an end.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    毎まい日にち、日ひが暮くれると街まちの明あかりが灯ともり始はじめます。

    Every day, when it gets dark, the city lights begin to turn on.

    KMT7Daily LifeNature & Environment
    山やま奥おくでは、日ひが暮くれるのが早はやく感かんじられます。

    Deep in the mountains, it feels like it gets dark quickly.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    彼かれは失しつ意いに暮くれて、しばらく立たち直なおれませんでした。

    He was sunk in despair and couldn't recover for a while.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    暮
    く.れる・く.らす…(4)
    evening・twilight・season's end・livelihood・make a living…(1)
    Kanji
    れ
    re
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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