N2841/1725

明あけ方がた

irregular okurigananounnoun (generic)adverb

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あけがた

Meanings

dawn, daybreak

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Example sentences

明あけ方がたに目めが覚さめて、もう一度いちど眠ねむれなかった。

I woke up at dawn and couldn't fall asleep again.

明あけ方がたの空そらはオレンジ色いろに染そまっていた。

The dawn sky was dyed orange.

彼女かのじょは明あけ方がたまで論文ろんぶんを書かき続つづけた。

She kept writing her thesis until dawn.

明あけ方がたになると、鳥とりたちがいっせいにさえずり始はじめる。

When dawn comes, the birds all start singing at once.

台風たいふうは明あけ方がたに最もっとも激はげしくなると気象庁きしょうちょうが発表はっぴょうした。

The Japan Meteorological Agency announced that the typhoon would be most intense at dawn.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)