たそがれる

Japanese

FWOTD – 25 June 2022

Alternative spellings
黄昏れる 黄昏る

Etymology

From 黄昏(たそがれ) (tasogare) + る (-ru).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たそがれる [tàsógáréꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠so̞ɡa̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

たそがれる • (tasogareru) ichidan (stem たそがれ (tasogare), past たそがれた (tasogareta))

1. to fade into dusk; to turn into dusk
   • 1980, “時に愛は”, 小田和正 (lyrics), performed by オフコース:

     街(まち)はもうたそがれて　風(かぜ)は髪(かみ)をゆらす

     machi wa mō tasogarete kaze wa kami o yurasu

     The streets fade in the dusk, and the wind blows through your hair.

2. to pass one's prime
3. (informal) to look melancholic
   • 2013, “Stand Up!!!!”, 井上純一 (lyrics):

     窓(まど)際(ぎわ)で軽(かる)く黄(たそ)昏(がれ)てみる　ふと何(なに)かに気(き)づいて空(そら)を見(み)上(あ)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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "たそがれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

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