(Greek mythology) Clio

kun'yomi / (linguistics) a kun for a kanji that differs from the original Chinese meaning of the character

academic background

dusk, nightfall, sunset / about the end of a certain period of time / year-end

nightfall, sunset / near the end of a certain period of time / year-end

(archaic, possibly obsolete) the safflower plant, Carthamus tinctorius

hiding or vanishing behind the clouds, said of, for example, the moon / a disappearance, going into hiding / the death of a person of great importance, such as a nobleman

to disappear, go into hiding

an unnumbered chapter in The Tale of Genji at the end of 幻 (Maboroshi, chapter 41), where the death of the protagonist Hikaru Genji can be implied

crane (machinery)