暮れる (kureru) means “get dark” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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日が暮れると、町の明かりがつきます。hi ga ku re ru to machi no a ka ri ga tsu ki ma su

When it gets dark, the town lights come on.

Describes daylight reaching its end and the surrounding world becoming dark.

暮れかかるkurekakaru: The light of day is starting to fade as evening approaches.

日が沈むなどして、あたりが暗くなる。hi ga shizu mu na do shi te a ta ri ga kura ku na ru

The native Japanese verb 暮れる (kureru) is related to 暮る (kuru), "to grow dark or come to an end," linking the word with fading daylight.

In everyday Japanese, 暮れる (kureru) can describe both darkness arriving and a day coming to an end, linking fading light with the passage of time.