From Japanese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1:
[ichi1] [news1] [nf06] 暮れ /ɽˈe̞/, (irregular okurigana usage) 暮 /(en)tʃˈaɪniːz(ja)lˈe̞tə/, [ichi1] [news1] [nf06] くれ /kˈɯᵝɽe̞/
1. (noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi))
(nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no')
(noun, used as a suffix)
明け・1sunset, sundown, nightfall, dusk
2. end, close
3. year-end, end of the year