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昼下がり[ひるさがり] (hirusagari)

early afternoon

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Meaning

昼下がり (ひるさがり, hirusagari) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “early afternoon”.

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Example sentences 4

私わたしは昼下ひるさがりの散歩さんぽが好すきです

I like to take a stroll in the mid-afternoon.

私わたしはすぐに上京じょうきょうし、時刻じこくは昼下ひるさがりであったが、叔父おじと会った。

I travelled to Tokyo right away; it was past noon when I saw my uncle.

三条大橋と四条大橋の間の川岸は繁華街から近いこともあり、週末の昼下がりから夜にかけては多くの人がたたずむ。

Since the riverside between the Sanjo Ohashi and Shijo Ohashi Bridges is close to the downtown area, many people spend time there from the early afternoon through the night on weekends.

晩年は、オードリー・ヘプバーン&ビリー・ワイルダーの『昼下がりの情事』のような映画をジュディ・オング主演で映画にしたいと口にしたり、モームの『月と六ペンス』や、シュテファン・ツヴァイクによる伝記小説『バルザック』等の映画化を希望していたという。

It is said that in his later years he hoped to make a film starring Judy Ongg like "Love in the Afternoon" starring Audrey Hepburn and directed by Billy Wilder, and make other books into films such as "The Moon and Sixpence" written by Maugham and "Balzac" a biographical novel written by Stefan Zweig.

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