暁ぎょう闇あん

noun

darkness before dawn

Literary word for the deep darkness just before daybreak. Not used in everyday conversation; found in poetry, prose, and descriptive writing.

• 暁ぎょう闇あんの中なか、遠とおくで鶏にわとりが鳴ないた。

  In the darkness before dawn, a rooster crowed in the distance.