LingakuFrequency rank: 17,795. – 17,858.
- dawnsee also 夕方
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adverb (fukushi)
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- dawn
This refers to the time of day just before sunrise when the sky begins to lighten. It is often used to describe the early morning hours when night transitions into day.
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We were wakened by the whistle of the steam locomotive at dawn.
9. おばまオバマだいとうりょう大統領がこくひん国賓としてらいにち来日したのをき機に、にちべい日米のつうしょう通商たんとう担当こうかん高官がしんや深夜からあけがた明け方にかけてちょうじかん長時間にわたるこうしょう交渉をだんぞくてき断続的におこなった行った。
Taking the opportunity for President Obama to visit Japan as a state guest, the chief trade negotiators of Japan and the U.S. conducted a series of marathon meetings from midnight to early morning.
10. きごう「さくや昨夜、おそく遅くまでごそごそしてたわね。いつ何時にねた寝たのきごう？きごう」きごう「ごじ五時。だって、まえ前のひ日にまあじゃん麻雀しててさぁ、ねた寝たのがあけがた明け方でおきた起きたのゆうがた夕方のごじ５時すぎ過ぎだったんだよ。ねれなくて寝れなくてきごう」きごう「なるほどね、あさひ朝日とともに共にねて寝て、ゆうひ夕日とともに共におきる起きるってことね。だいがくせい大学生ならではだよねきごう」
"You were fumbling about until late last night, weren't you? What time did you go to bed?" "Five o'clock. It's because I was playing mahjong the day before. I went to sleep at dawn and got up at 5 in the evening. I couldn't sleep during the night." "I see. So going to sleep with the rising sun and waking with the setting sun. Something you'd only find a university student doing."