夜明け

• 読み: よあけ
• ローマ字: yoake
• 漢字の分解: 夜 (yo/yoru) — night; 明 (ake/akarui) — bright, dawn
• 発音: /jo.a.ke/

意味

Dawn; daybreak. The time when night ends and morning light begins.

A noun for the transition from night to morning. Used both literally and figuratively. The figurative sense means the beginning of a new era or period: 新しい時代の夜明け (the dawn of a new era). Also appears in the expression 夜明け前 (before dawn). More poetic and literary than 朝 (asa, morning).

例文

1. 夜明けとともに鳥が鳴き始めた。
2. 夜明け前に起きて山に登った。
3. その発明は科学の新しい夜明けだった。

使い方ガイド

場面: nature, literature, figurative speech

トーン: poetic

起源と歴史

Compound of 夜 (yo, night) and 明け (ake, dawning/opening). Literally 'the opening of night,' describing the moment darkness gives way to light. A word rich in literary and poetic tradition.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal