早そう暁ぎょう

noun, adverb

daybreak; dawn

Literary word for the early morning, especially the moment when the sky begins to lighten. Often used in poetic or formal contexts.

• 早そう暁ぎょうの空そらが白しろみ始はじめた。

  The sky at daybreak began to lighten.

• 彼かれは早そう暁ぎょうに出しゅっ発ぱつした。

  He set out at dawn.