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明けの明星 (あけのみょうじょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, noun
morning star ; Venus in the morning sky
Refers to Venus when it appears in the eastern sky before sunrise. Often used poetically or in literary contexts. The glosses 'Lucifer' and 'Phosphorus' are classical names for the morning star.
See also: 宵の明星
彼かの 女じょ は 明あ けの 明みょう 星じょう の よう に 美うつく しい と 詩し に 詠よ ま れ た 。
She was praised in poetry as being as beautiful as the morning star.
Written forms 明あ けの 明みょう 星じょう
Standard kanji spelling for the morning star.
明あけ の 明みょう 星じょう
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana variant; less common.
暁あけ の 明みょう 星じょう
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji variant using 暁 (dawn); rare.
Kanji 暁 daybreak, dawn, in the event Etymology Compound of 明け (ake, 'dawn') + の (no, possessive particle) + 明星 (myōjō, 'bright star'). The term is a direct translation of the concept of the morning star.
