Illustration: Along a Japanese riverside path, the first daylight spreads above the eastern horizon while the upper sky remains dark enough for a few faint stars. A streetlamp is still on, and the low riverbank buildings remain mostly in shadow.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

夜よ明あけ

yoake

dawn, daybreak

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちは夜明よあけに山頂さんちょうに着ついた。

    We got to the summit at dawn.

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  2. 夜明よあけ前まえが一番暗いちばんくらい。

    The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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  3. 私わたしたちは夜明よあけに起おきた。

    We got up at dawn.

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Kanji in 夜明

  • 夜night; eveningOnヤKunよ・よる
  • 明bright; lightOnメイ・ミョウ・ミンKunあかり・あかるい・あかるむ

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