朝あさぼらけ

noun

light of dawn; daybreak

A poetic or literary term for the faint light appearing in the sky just before sunrise; often used in classical Japanese poetry (waka).

• 朝あさぼらけの空そらが美うつくしい。

  The sky at daybreak is beautiful.

• 朝あさぼらけ、山やまの端はがほのかに明あかるむ。

  At the light of dawn, the mountain ridge faintly brightens.