暮れます（くれます、kuremasu）
- to get dark
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Kana:
KU
暮
く
RE
れ
れ
MA
ま
ま
SU
す
す
暮れます (くれます, romaji: kuremasu) means "to get dark" in Japanese. It is a N1 Mid-level Verb (group 2) word.
| Meaning: | to get dark |
| Level: | N1 Mid |
| Lexical Category: | Verb (group 2) (下一段動詞) |
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Verb Conjugation
Basic Conjugation
Romaji：kuremasu
Hiragana：くれます
Polite-form (ます形) | くれます暮れます。get dark. |
Dict-form (辞書形) | 暮れるget dark |
Connect-form (て形) | 暮れて + <Verb> |
Not-form (ない形) | 暮れないnot get dark |
Advanced Conjugation
Past-form (た形) | 暮れたget darked |
Terminal-form (終止形) | 暮れる。get dark. |
If-form (仮定形) | 暮れればif get dark |
Let's-form (意志形) | 暮れよう !let's get dark |
Command-form (命令形) | 暮れろ !get dark ! |
AI Explanation
The Japanese verb 暮れます暮れます generally means "to get dark," "to grow dark," "to end (of a day, year, season, etc.)", or "to come to an end." It signifies the transition from light to darkness, or the approaching end of a period of time. This word evokes a sense of completion or the passage of time.
⚫︎日が暮れます Translation: The day gets dark. ⚫︎今年も暮れました Translation: The year has come to an end. ⚫︎夏が暮れる Translation: Summer is coming to an end.
⚫︎ 暮れます暮れます is used to describe the setting of the sun or the beginning of night. ⚫︎ It is also used figuratively to describe the end of a period of time, such as a day, a year, or a season. ⚫︎ Typically, the subject of the sentence will be the sun, the day, or the time period itself, e.g., 夏 (summer), 一年 (one year). ⚫︎ It's often used with adverbs that specify the degree of darkness or the time of the ending, such as そろそろ (soon), まもなく (soon), or もう (already).
⚫︎ The base form of the word is 暮れる, written in hiragana as くれる. ⚫︎ The polite form is 暮れます, written in hiragana as くれます. ⚫︎ The kanji is 暮. ⚫︎ The okurigana is れる and れます.
There aren't many direct synonyms for 暮れます暮れます, but words that convey similar concepts include: ⚫︎ 終わる (終わる): to end, to finish ⚫︎ 終了する (しゅうりょうする): to end, to finish (formal) ⚫︎ 閉まる (しまる): to close (related to a day ending)
Antonyms depend on the context. If referring to darkness, then: ⚫︎ 明るくなる (あかるくなる): to become bright If referring to the end of a period of time, the opposite would be the beginning or continuation of the period: ⚫︎ 始まる (はじまる): to begin ⚫︎ 続く (つづく): to continue
もうすぐ日が暮れますね。 ・Translation: It will be dark soon, won't it? ・Explanation: This sentence uses 暮れます暮れ to express that the day is nearing its end.
今年もあと少しで暮れます。 ・Translation: This year will end soon. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 暮れます暮れ to indicate the end of the year is approaching.
The kanji 暮 originally meant "to live" or "to spend time." It then evolved to mean "late" or "end of day," and subsequently "to get dark." The verb 暮れる暮れる is derived from this kanji and represents the idea of the sun setting or an ending in a figurative sense.