晨朝じんじょう

noun

around six o'clock AM; dawn service

Buddhist term referring to the early morning period around 6 AM, or a religious service held at dawn. Often associated with the concept of 六時 (six periods of the day).

See also: 六時

• 晨朝じんじょうの勤ごん行ぎょうは夜よ明あけ前まえから始はじまる。

  The dawn service begins before daybreak.

• 六ろく時じの一ひとつである晨朝じんじょうは、午ご前ぜん六ろく時じ頃ごろを指さす。

  晨朝, one of the six periods, refers to around six o'clock in the morning.