How to say "twilight" in Japanese

• 夕暮れゆうぐれJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe everyday word for twilight as the period when evening falls after sunset. It is the safe default for 'at twilight', 'in the twilight of evening' in ordinary descriptions.
  その校舎こうしゃは夕暮ゆうぐれの中なかにきらきらと輝かがやいていた。↗

  The school building was a blaze of light in the evening darkness.
• 黄昏たそがれCommon
  nounAlso dusk or twilight, but with a literary, evocative flavor; it suits poetic or atmospheric writing about the fading light of day rather than plain statements of time.
  われわれの文明ぶんめいの黄昏たそがれに。↗

  We find ourselves in the twilight of our civilization.
• 日暮れひぐれCommon
  nounTwilight viewed as the close of the day, when the sun goes down and it is time to return home; its other glosses, sunset and evening, show this day's-end focus.
  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.
• トワイライトCommon
  nounThe katakana loanword, matching only 'twilight'. It is the choice for the English word itself in titles, product names, and stylistic contexts, not for ordinary prose about dusk.
• 薄明かりうすあかりCommon
  nounPrimarily a dim, faint light, including the half-light of early morning, so it renders 'twilight' as a quality of light rather than a time of day; also usable for the soft light of dusk.
  そこには消きえることのない薄明うすあかりがあった。↗

  There was eternal twilight in the place.

Use 「夕暮れ」 or 黄昏 for the dusk sense, 「日暮れ」 for day's-end twilight, 「薄明かり」 for faint half-light, and the loanword 「トワイライト」 for the English word itself, as in titles or style contexts.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 夕暮れゆうぐれevening
• 黄昏たそがれdusk
• 日暮れひぐれtwilight
• トワイライトtwilight
• 薄明かりうすあかりdim light
• 薄明はくめいtwilight
• 西明かりにしあかりtwilight
• 逢魔が時おうまがときtwilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)
• 大禍時おおまがときtwilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)
• 夕闇ゆうやみdusk
• 黄昏時たそがれどきdusk
• 薄暮はくぼdusk
• 宵闇よいやみdusk
• 衰退期すいたいきphase of decline
• 薄暗がりうすくらがりsemi-darkness
• 日暮れ時ひぐれどき(at) twilight