朝ちょう来らい

adverb, noun

ever since morning; all morning

Literary or formal expression indicating a continuous state or action from morning until now. In modern usage, it is mostly replaced by phrases like 朝からずっと.

• 朝ちょう来らいの雨あめがようやく上あがった。

  The rain that had been falling since morning finally stopped.

• 朝ちょう来らい、何なにも食たべていない。

  I haven't eaten anything since morning.