後のちの朝あした

noun

the morning after (sleeping together)

Archaic noun referring specifically to the morning after a couple has spent the night together. Not used in modern Japanese; the concept is now expressed with phrases like 一夜を共にした翌朝.

• 古こ典てんの和わ歌かには「後のちの朝あした」の切せつなさを詠よんだものがある。

  In classical waka poetry, there are poems that express the sorrow of 'the morning after.'