日暮らし

Compound of 日(ひ) (hi, “day”) + 暮(く)らし (kurashi, “living, subsistence”).

The kurashi shifted to gurashi over time, an instance of rendaku (連濁).^[1]

• (Tokyo) ひぐらし [hìgúráshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [çiɡɯ̟ɾa̠ɕi]

日(ひ)暮(ぐ)らし or 日暮(ひく)らし • (higurashi or hikurashi) 

1. from morning to evening, all day

   Synonyms: 一日中 (ichinichi-jū), 終日 (shūjitsu, hizugara, hinemosu, himemosu, hi mo sugara)

• 蜩(ヒグラシ), 晩蝉(ヒグラシ), 茅蜩(ヒグラシ) (higurashi, “evening cicada”)
• 日暮(ひぐらし)の門(もん) (higurashi-no-mon)
• その日暮(ひぐ)らし, 其(そ)の日暮(ひぐ)らし (sono higurashi, “living hand-to-mouth”)

• 日暮(ひぐ)れ (higure)