- boshoku dusk, twilight scene
A literary, written word for the dim light of evening; rare in speech, where 夕暮れ is used instead.
暮色が街を包み始めた。
Boshoku ga machi o tsutsumi hajimeta.
Dusk began to envelop the town.
山の頂で暮色を眺めた。
Yama no itadaki de boshoku o nagameta.
I gazed at the twilight scene from the mountain summit.
⚖️ Often confused with 夕闇, which specifically means the darkness after sunset, while 暮色 refers to the colored twilight glow.
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