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Nihongo Terminology

SUNSET:

yuugure 夕暮れ is commonly spoken. but tasogare たそがれ is more frequently used in songs.

tasogare
yuugure
haku akari – dim or faint light / half-light of early morning / twilight
kure no koru – lingering faint light of twilight
nishi akari – twilight / western evening sky
hakubo – dusk / nightfall / twilight
hakumei – twilight / dusk / faint light
kure kumo – twilight clouds
kure shoku – dusk / twilight scene
kure yuki – twilight snowfall
yuuyami