今こん暁ぎょう

noun, adverb

this morning at dawn

Literary or formal expression for 'this morning at dawn'. Not used in everyday conversation; modern Japanese would normally say 今朝の明け方 or similar.

• 今こん暁ぎょう、敵てき軍ぐんが国こっ境きょうを越こえたとの報ほうが入はいった。

  At dawn this morning, word came that enemy troops had crossed the border.