曙

• 読み: あけぼの
• ローマ字: akebono
• 漢字の分解: 曙 (sho/akebono) — dawn, daybreak
• 発音: /a.ke.bo.no/

意味

Dawn; daybreak. Also used figuratively for the early, hopeful beginning of an era, movement, or new development.

A highly literary and poetic noun, most famously used in the opening line of The Pillow Book: 春はあけぼの. More figuratively, it describes the initial stages of something new, such as a technological era or historical movement. More elevated in register than 夜明け or 暁.

例文

1. 曙の光が山の頂きを照らし始めた。
2. 日本の近代化の曙は明治時代に訪れた。
3. 古典文学において曙は春の象徴とされている。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, poetry, historical writing, metaphorical usage

トーン: literary

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese, derived from 明 (bright) and ほの (faint, dim). The word evokes the dim yet brightening sky just before sunrise, rich in poetic association since the Heian period.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal