朝あさ夕ゆう

also: ちょうせき · ちょうじゃく · ぢょうじゃく

あ

さ

ゆ

う

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Refers to the two times of day, often in contexts like daily routines or greetings.

た

ほう

が

いい

。

It gets chilly in the morning and evening, so you'd better bring a jacket.

2

Used adverbially to mean 'all the time' or 'always'; often with a nuance of continuous effort or worry.

〈人ひと〉と朝あさ夕ゆうの挨あい拶さつを交かわすto exchange morning and evening greetings with someone
近きん所じょの人ひとと朝あさ夕ゆうの挨あい拶さつを交かわすのが習しゅう慣かんになっている。
It has become a habit to exchange morning and evening greetings with neighbors.
朝あさ夕ゆう〈動どう詞し〉to do something constantly, morning and night
彼かの女じょは朝あさ夕ゆう、亡なき夫おっとのことを思おもっていた。
She thought of her late husband constantly, morning and night.
朝あさ夕ゆうの〈事こと〉the difference/change between morning and evening (e.g. temperature)
この季き節せつは朝あさ夕ゆうの気き温おん差さが大おおきい。
During this season, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large.

朝あさ晩ばん sense 1
朝晩 and 朝夕 both mean 'morning and evening' and are largely interchangeable, though 朝晩 is slightly more colloquial.
明あけ暮くれ sense 2
明け暮れ emphasizes spending all one's time doing something continuously, similar to the adverbial 'constantly' sense of 朝夕 but more literary.
常つねにN3sense 2
常に means 'always' in a general sense, while 朝夕 keeps the image of repeated morning-and-evening occurrence even when used adverbially.

朝あさ方がた sense 1
朝方 refers only to the early morning hours, whereas 朝夕 covers both morning and evening together.

Compound of 朝 (あさ, 'morning') and 夕 (ゆう, 'evening'). The on-readings ちょうせき and ちょうじゃく are Sino-Japanese compounds of the same characters.

ぢょうじゃく

out-dated reading

Obsolete kana spelling for ちょうじゃく; not used in modern Japanese.

ちょうせき

ちょうじゃく

ぢょうじゃく

out-dated reading