明あけ初そめる

ichidan verb

begin to grow light; dawn

Describes the sky gradually becoming light at daybreak. Often used in literary or poetic contexts.

• 東ひがしの空そらが明あけ初そめる頃ころ、鳥とりたちがさえずり始はじめた。

  As the eastern sky began to grow light, the birds started singing.

• 山やまの端はが明あけ初そめるのを見みながら、コーヒーを飲のんだ。

  I drank coffee while watching the mountain ridge begin to dawn.