twilight

薄明、黄昏

日の出直前や日没後の、空が薄暗い時間帯。

やさしい英語で： The time just before sunrise or after sunset when the sky is partly dark.

• We went for a walk at twilight.
• It was twilight when they reached the village.
• The birds stayed active until twilight.

類義語： dusk

よく使う表現： at twilight, until twilight

薄明かり

日の出の直前や日没後に空に見える、ほのかな光。

やさしい英語で： The weak light in the sky just before the sun rises or after it sets.

• The hills glowed in the twilight.
• Soft twilight filled the empty garden.
• We could barely see the path in the fading twilight.

類義語： half-light

よく使う表現： fading twilight, in the twilight

晩年、衰退期

人生や経歴、ある状況が終わりに近づいたり、勢いを失ったりする時期。

やさしい英語で： A period when a life, career, or situation is ending or losing its strength.

• She enjoyed her twilight years.
• The empire was entering its twilight.
• He found new purpose in the twilight of his life.

使い方： the twilight of something (He wrote this book in the twilight of his career.)

類義語： decline

反対語： dawn

よく使う表現： twilight years, twilight of something