Illustration: On a quiet Japanese residential street, the sun has just risen above the low rooftops. A newspaper deliverer cycles between houses with tightly bundled papers in the front basket, while most window shutters remain closed.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

早そう朝ちょう

souchou

early morning

Example sentences

  1. 明日あしたの早朝そうちょうに出発しゅっぱつだよ。

    We’re leaving early tomorrow morning.

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  2. 早朝そうちょうから雨あめが降ふり続つづいています。

    It’s been raining since early morning.

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  3. 私わたしは早朝そうちょうに散歩さんぽをしていた。

    I went for a walk early in the morning.

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Kanji in 早朝

  • 早early; fastOnソウ・サッKunはやい・はや・はや-
  • 朝morning; dynastyOnチョウKunあさ

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