Meanings
Noun
1. dawn; daybreak
Kanji used
night
bright
Pitch accent
あけ
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Composed of
evening; night; dinner
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
it's always darkest before the dawn; the darkest hour is just before the dawn
Examples (10 in total)
We got up at dawn.
Tom woke up at dawn.
The enemy's attack ceased at dawn.
Every morning, I wake up before dawn.
We got to the summit at dawn.
The climbers awoke before daybreak.
They arrived there before dawn.
We got up at dawn to avoid a traffic jam.
The tourists had to leave the town before dawn.
The soldiers got to the foot of the hill before dawn.