昨さく朝ちょう

noun, adverb

yesterday morning

A somewhat formal or literary way to say 'yesterday morning'. In everyday speech, 昨日の朝 (きのうのあさ) is more common.

• 昨さく朝ちょう、駅えきで偶ぐう然ぜん彼かれに会あった。

  Yesterday morning, I happened to meet him at the station.