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VocabJLPT N2
dawn
Noun

Definitions

  1. 1. dawn
  2. 2. daybreak
  3. 3. event (e.g. \in the event of ...\")"
This noun refers to dawn or daybreak, but it is also commonly used in a figurative sense in the set phrase 〜のあかつきに, meaning "when something is achieved" or "in the event that something comes to pass." It has a somewhat literary or formal tone.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Want to go see the ocean at dawn sometime?

Sentence 2

The bakery by the station already has fresh bread out at dawn.

Sentence 3

From the kitchen window, I can see the dawn clouds drifting slowly by.

Sentence 4

I wonder if looking at the dawn sky right now would calm me down a little.

Sentence 5

"Dawn will come" — just believing that is enough to keep you going some days.