Meanings
Noun
1. 夜が明ける頃。太陽がのぼる頃。その時分。
2. 日の出前に太陽の中心が地平線下の7度21分40秒に来た時刻。明け六つ。
3. 新しい時代や文化、芸術などの事物が始まろうとする時。
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.