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くれる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to get dark; to grow dark
And then, after a while, it grew dark.
2. to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to close
Another summer day is drawing to a close.
3. to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought); to be overcome with
Everyone who knew the couple was overcome with grief.
Alt. forms
暮くれる
92%
くれる
4%
昏くれる
2%
眩くれる
暗くれる
Pitch accent
く
れる
Conjugations...Used in: 77
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
7 more...
Examples (12 in total)
It's not even dark yet, you know?
And then, after a while, it grew dark.
By the time it was over, it had already grown completely dark.
This year will soon be over, too.
She spent days in tears.
Winter days draw to a close quickly.
Autumn has come to an end, and it's getting cold.
Another summer day is drawing to a close.
Once the sun begins to set, it drops in an instant.
Everyone who knew the couple was overcome with grief.
Oh my, even though the sun has set, it is still quite hot.
In less than half an hour, the daylight faded and it grew dark outside the window.