開あけ

noun, used as a suffix

newly commenced; just started

Noun suffix attached to time expressions or events to indicate something that has just begun. Common in phrases like 年明け (beginning of the year) or 明け方 (dawn).

• 年とし明あけに新あたらしいプロジェクトが始はじまる。

  A new project starts at the beginning of the year.

• 明あけ方がたまで話はなし込こんだ。

  We talked until dawn.