たそがれる
Japanese
FWOTD – 25 June 2022
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 黄昏れる 黄昏る |
Etymology
From 黄昏 (tasogare) + る (-ru).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
たそがれる • (tasogareru) ichidan (stem たそがれ (tasogare), past たそがれた (tasogareta))
- to fade into dusk; to turn into dusk
- to pass one's prime
- (informal) to look melancholic
- 2013, “Stand Up!!!!”, 井上純一 (lyrics):
- 窓際で軽く黄昏てみる ふと何かに気づいて空を見上げる
- madogiwa de karuku tasogaretemiru futo nanika ni kizuite sora o miageru
- Looking melancholic by the window, suddenly you notice something and look up at the sky.
- 窓際で軽く黄昏てみる ふと何かに気づいて空を見上げる
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | たそがれ | tasogare | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | たそがれ | tasogare | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | たそがれる | tasogareru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | たそがれる | tasogareru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | たそがれれ | tasogarere | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | たそがれよ¹ たそがれろ² |
tasogareyo¹ tasogarero² | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | たそがれられる | tasogarerareru | |
| Causative | たそがれさせる たそがれさす |
tasogaresaseru tasogaresasu | |
| Potential | たそがれられる たそがれれる³ |
tasogarerareru tasogarereru³ | |
| Volitional | たそがれよう | tasogareyō | |
| Negative | たそがれない たそがれぬ たそがれん |
tasogarenai tasogarenu tasogaren | |
| Negative continuative | たそがれず | tasogarezu | |
| Formal | たそがれます | tasogaremasu | |
| Perfective | たそがれた | tasogareta | |
| Conjunctive | たそがれて | tasogarete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | たそがれれば | tasogarereba | |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential