暁あかつき起おき

noun

waking up just before daybreak

Archaic noun describing the act of rising very early, just before dawn. Not used in modern everyday speech; encountered mainly in classical literature or historical contexts.

• 昔むかしの人ひとは暁あかつき起おきを習しゅう慣かんとしていた。

  People in the old days made a habit of waking up just before daybreak.