暁ぎょう鐘しょう

noun

morning bell; bell announcing daybreak

A formal or literary term for a bell rung at dawn, often in a temple or historical setting.

• 山やま寺でらの暁ぎょう鐘しょうが静しずかな谷たにに響ひびいた。

  The morning bell of the mountain temple echoed through the quiet valley.

expression

herald of a new era; something that ushers in a new age

Idiomatic, formal expression; used figuratively for an event or thing that signals the beginning of a new period.

• その発はつ明めいは情じょう報ほう時じ代だいの暁ぎょう鐘しょうとなった。

  That invention became the herald of the information age.