暮れる (Kureru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to get dark, to grow dark, to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto get dark; to grow dark
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to close
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought); to be overcome with
Examples
冬の日は速く暮れる。
The night falls fast in winter.
彼女は悲しみに暮れた。
She abandoned herself to grief.
彼は思案に暮れている。
He is lost in thought.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).