日没（にちぼつ、nichibotsu）
- sunset

The Japanese word 日没日没 means "sunset" or "sundown". It refers to the time of day when the sun disappears below the horizon. It can also describe the event of the sun setting. 日没 is a noun.

⚫︎毎日、日没を眺めるのが好きです。 Translation: I like watching the sunset every day. ⚫︎日没の時間にビーチを散歩しました。 Translation: I walked on the beach at sunset. ⚫︎日没までには家に帰らなければなりません。 Translation: I have to be home by sunset.

You can use 日没日没 in various contexts to talk about the time of sunset, the event itself, or the period around sunset. It is generally used in formal and informal situations. It is a common word.

日没日没 is written in kanji as 日没. The reading is にちぼつ in hiragana. There are no other common ways to write this word. The okurigana is fixed.

⚫︎夕日 (yuuhi) - sunset (often referring to the visual of the sunset) ⚫︎入日 (irihi) - sunset (similar to 夕日) ⚫︎暮れ (kure) - dusk, evening (can be used to describe the time around sunset)

⚫︎日の出 (hinode) - sunrise ⚫︎夜明け (yoake) - dawn, daybreak

夏の日没は遅いです。 ・Translation: The sunset in summer is late. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the timing of the sunset during the summer season.

その日の日没はとても美しかった。 ・Translation: The sunset that day was very beautiful. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the beauty of the sunset.

The word 日没日没 is composed of two kanji: 日 (ni, hi) meaning "sun" or "day", and 没 (botsu) meaning "to set," "to sink," or "to disappear." Therefore, the literal meaning is "sun setting."