Usage patterns 朝あさ が 来く る morning comes/arrives
The long night ended, and at last morning came.
朝あさ を 抜ぬ く to skip breakfast
I often skip breakfast because I don't have time.
朝あさ 早はや く 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something early in the morning
I go for a walk early every morning.
朝あさ は 〈 形けい 容よう 詞し 〉 mornings are (adjective)—used to describe how mornings feel or go
Mornings at our house are always busy.
Expressions 朝あさ が 早はや い waking up early; getting up early; early rising 朝あさ に 夕ゆう に morning and evening; every morning and evening; always 朝あさ っぱらから very early in the morning; at this ungodly hour Kanji 朝 morning, dynasty, regime Related words· 6 朝 refers loosely to the early-day period as experienced, while 午前 is the precise clock/calendar term for the hours before noon.
朝 can informally stand for breakfast, but 朝ご飯 is the clear, everyday word for the meal itself.
朝 used alone for breakfast is casual, whereas 朝食 is the more formal or written term for the same meal.
朝 is the general word for 'morning', while 早朝 specifically emphasizes the earliest part of the morning.
Show 2 more Show fewer 朝 is the everyday native word for 'morning', while モーニング is a katakana loanword mainly seen in compound names, ads, and menu items rather than in ordinary speech.
朝 is the general, everyday word for 'morning' focusing on the early part of the day, while 午前中 covers the full stretch up to noon.
Opposites· 5 朝 is the early part of the day when it begins, while 夜 is the night, the opposite end of the daily cycle.
朝 means morning, the opposite time of day from 夕 (evening), and the two are paired in set phrases like 朝に夕に .
朝 refers to the morning, the opposite time of day from イブニング (evening).
Show 2 more Show fewer 朝 means 'morning', the opposite end of the day from 晩 , which means 'evening/night'.
朝 refers to the morning, the opposite end of the day from 夕方 , which refers to early evening.
Word family· 71 Show 25 more Show fewer breakfast
morning TV drama; morning soap opera
morning and evening · always; all the time; day and night
morning and evening · from morning till night; constantly
early morning
morning fog; morning mist
morning glow; sunrise colors
morning market
morning practice; morning training
during the morning; in the morning
morning erection; morning wood · early morning departure
sleeping in; oversleeping; lie-in · late riser; person who is bad at getting up
coming home in the morning; returning home at dawn
morning dew
morning breeze
morning bath
morning calm (over the ocean)
first thing in the morning
sleeping late in the morning; sleeping in
early rising; getting up early
morning glory; Japanese morning glory · funnel-shaped object; bell-shaped part · rose of Sharon
morning glow; morning mist
breakfast
morning person; morning type
morning cold; morning chill
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Written forms 朝あさ Usage 99%
Standard high-frequency kanji spelling for あさ , meaning morning. The same kanji also has other readings in compounds, but this word is for the native reading あさ .
あさ Usage 1%
Etymology あさ is a native Japanese word. The historical derivation is uncertain; 朝 is the standard kanji conventionally used for the meaning 'morning' in this reading.
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