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暮 く.れる、く.らす livelihood, make a living, spend time 3 978 14 72 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん 形声 Phonetic He made a livelihood out of robbing GRAVEYARDS in broad DAYlight. 232

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ボ ぐらし, ぐれ, ぽ 暮らし(くらし): living; livelihood; subsistence; circumstances暮れ(くれ): (1) sunset; sundown; nightfall; dusk (2) end; close (3) year-end; end of the year暮れる(くれる): (1) to get dark (2) to end; to come to an end; to close; to run out (3) to be sunk (e.g. in despair); to be lost夕暮れ(ゆうぐれ): evening; (evening) twilight暮らす(くらす): (1) to live; to get along (2) to spend (time) 6 莫: must not; do not; be not日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 日 4 (none) livelihood The gravedigger makes his LIVELIHOOD digging in the graveyard all day For graveyard, imagine an idyllic picture: beautiful grass with the sun shining down...and a dog peeing on one of the graves. Don´t confuse with occupation (#1034). Hold onto the irony of making your LIVElyhood from tending dead people.

Kanji	暮
Onyomi	ボ
Kunyomi	く.れる、く.らす
Nanori	ぐらし, ぐれ, ぽ
English	livelihood, make a living, spend time
Examples	暮らし(くらし): living; livelihood; subsistence; circumstances 暮れ(くれ): (1) sunset; sundown; nightfall; dusk (2) end; close (3) year-end; end of the year 暮れる(くれる): (1) to get dark (2) to end; to come to an end; to close; to run out (3) to be sunk (e.g. in despair); to be lost 夕暮れ(ゆうぐれ): evening; (evening) twilight 暮らす(くらす): (1) to live; to get along (2) to spend (time)
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	6
Frequency	978
Components	莫: must not; do not; be not 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	日
Radical Number	72
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	livelihood
Koohii Story 1	He made a livelihood out of robbing GRAVEYARDS in broad DAYlight.
Koohii Story 2	The gravedigger makes his LIVELIHOOD digging in the graveyard all day For graveyard, imagine an idyllic picture: beautiful grass with the sun shining down...and a dog peeing on one of the graves. Don´t confuse with occupation (#1034). Hold onto the irony of making your LIVElyhood from tending dead people.
RTK Index	232

End Livelihood Spend 暮 ボ く.れる、く.らす ぐらし ぐれ

End Livelihood Spend 暮ボく.れる、く.らすぐらしぐれ