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白々明け (しらしらあけ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

白しら々しら明あけ

also: しらじらあけ

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Meanings

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Literary or poetic term for the first light of dawn, when the sky begins to whiten. Not an everyday word; 夜明け is the common equivalent.

白しら々じら明あけの空そらが美うつくしい

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The sky at daybreak is beautiful.

白しら々じら明あけとともに鳥とりが鳴なき始はじめた。

The birds began to sing with the first light of dawn.

Kanji

白white
明bright, light

Related words

夜よ明あけ
Common word for dawn or daybreak. 白々明け is a more literary and less frequent synonym.

Built from

白しら+明あけ

Written forms

白々明け
- しらじらあけ
  Standard kanji spelling with the more common reading しらじらあけ.
- しらしらあけ
  Alternate reading; しらじらあけ is the more common pronunciation.
白白明け
- しらじらあけ
  Variant kanji spelling; 白々 is more common than 白白.
- しらしらあけ
  Variant kanji spelling with the less common reading.
しらじらあけ

Etymology

Compound of 白々 (shirajira, 'whitening' or 'growing light') and 明け (ake, 'dawn'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word evokes the whitening sky at first light.