crow cawing at dawn; daybreak crow
Refers to the sound of a crow at daybreak, often used in classical poetry and literature to evoke the start of morning.
I woke up to the sound of a crow at dawn.
poetry anthology named 'Akegarasu'
Name of a poetry anthology; the title is taken from the classical image of a crow at dawn.
'Akegarasu' is a haikai anthology from the Edo period.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; rare and mostly found in older texts.
Compound of 明け (ake, 'dawn') and 烏 (karasu, 'crow'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is conventionally associated with the image of a crow cawing at daybreak.