たそがれる

Japanese

FWOTD – 25 June 2022
Alternative spellings
黄昏れる
黄昏る

Etymology

From 黄昏(たそがれ) (tasogare) + (-ru).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) そがれ [tàsógáréꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠so̞ɡa̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

たそがれる • (tasogareru) ichidan (stem たそがれ (tasogare), past たそがれた (tasogareta))

  1. to fade into dusk; to turn into dusk
  2. to pass one's prime
  3. (informal) to look melancholic
    • 2013, “Stand Up!!!!”, 井上純一 (lyrics):
      (まど)(ぎわ)(かる)(たそ)(がれ)てみる ふと(なに)かに()づいて(そら)()()げる
      madogiwa de karuku tasogaretemiru futo nanika ni kizuite sora o miageru
      Looking melancholic by the window, suddenly you notice something and look up at the sky.

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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