How to say "sunset" in Japanese

• 暮れくれJLPT N3approx.Common
  adverb, no-adjective, noun (suffix)Covers nightfall or dusk more than the sun's disappearance itself; often shades into 'the end of the day' or even late-year senses. For the precise moment of sunset, 日没 or 日の入り are better choices.
• 日没にちぼつCommon
  nounThe word for sunset as an event or time: the sun setting or the moment it sets. Typical in forecasts, schedules, and factual writing, e.g. stating what time sunset occurs.
  私達わたしたちは美うつくしい日没にちぼつに見みとれた。↗

  We admired the beautiful sunset.
• 日の入りひのいりJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounSunset viewed as the sun's daily going-down, the counterpart of sunrise. The usual word in weather reports and calendars for the time the sun sets on a given day.
  こんなに美うつくしい日の入ひのいりを見みたことがありますか。↗

  Have you ever seen such a beautiful sunset?
• 日暮れひぐれCommon
  nounLeans toward twilight, dusk, or early evening as day fades, rather than the sun's setting as a precise event. 'Sunset' appears in its gloss, but the dusk/evening nuance is usually what it conveys.
  日暮ひぐれ前まえにキャンプに戻もどった。↗

  We came back to camp before dark.

For the moment the sun goes down, use 日没 or 「日の入り」; 「暮れ」 and 「日暮れ」 point more to the gathering dusk or evening around that time than to sunset itself.

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• 暮れくれsunset
• 日没にちぼつsunset
• 日の入りひのいりsunset
• 日暮れひぐれtwilight
• サンセットsunset
• 晩照ばんしょうsunset
• 入相いりあいsunset
• 暮れ方くれがたevening