Chinese

Japanese

Etymology 1

Used to be pronounced as tasokare but in the Edo period (1603 - 1868) this changed to tasogare. The main theory for its derivation is from the expression 誰そ彼 tasokare, which meant something like ‘who is that?’. Since this expression was used at dusk, when it became impossible to discern one another’s faces, it became associated with dusk itself. ^[1] The choice of the kanji compound 黄昏 to write this word is an instance of 熟字訓 (jukujikun).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) たそがれ [tàsógáré] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠so̞ɡ̃a̠ɺ̠e̞]

Noun

黄昏 ‎(hiragana たそがれ, romaji tasogare)

1. dusk; twilight

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) こうこん [kòókóń] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːkõ̞ɴ]

Noun

黄昏 ‎(hiragana こうこん, romaji kōkon, historical hiragana くわうこん)

1. dusk; twilight

References

1. ↑ 語源由来辞典 Gogenyuraijiten http://gogen-allguide.com/ta/tasogare.html