明け方

あけがた · akegata

dawn, daybreak

JLPT N3 noun

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Example sentences

  • 明あけ方がた2時じ過すぎまで、眠ねむれなかった。

    Akegata ni ji sugi made, nemure nakatsu ta.

    I didn't fall asleep until after 2 o'clock in the morning.

  • 明あけ方がた、私わたしたちは蒸気機関車じょうききかんしゃの汽笛きてきで目めを覚さました。

    Akegata, watashitachi wa joukikikansha no kiteki de me o samashi ta.

    We were wakened by the whistle of the steam locomotive at dawn.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.

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