早 朝(そうちょう)

そうちょう

noun

early morning

formal

1. early morning

The very early hours of the morning, typically from dawn until around 7 or 8 AM. More formal and specific than 朝(あさ).

早朝(そうちょう)から仕事(しごと)を始(はじ)めた。

I started work from early morning.

早朝(そうちょう)のジョギングは気持(きも)ちがいい。

Jogging in the early morning feels good.

早朝(そうちょう)便(びん)で出発(しゅっぱつ)する。

I'll depart on the early morning flight.

早朝(そうちょう)の公園(こうえん)は静(しず)かで空気(くうき)がきれいだ。

The park in the early morning is quiet and the air is clean.

早朝(そうちょう)に目(め)が覚(さ)めてしまい、二度(にど)と眠(ねむ)れなかった。

I woke up in the early morning and couldn't fall back asleep.

Register: More formal/written than 朝(あさ)早(はや)く.

Time of day expressions

早朝(そうちょう) (early morning, ~5-8 AM)
朝(あさ) (morning)
午前(ごぜん) (AM, before noon)
昼(ひる) (noon, daytime)
午後(ごご) (PM, afternoon)
夕方(ゆうがた) (evening)
夜(よる) (night)
深夜(しんや) (late night)

Common collocations

早朝(そうちょう)から (from early morning)
早朝(そうちょう)に (in the early morning)
早朝(そうちょう)便(びん) (early morning flight)

Related Words

Related: 朝(あさ)

Related: 始発電車(しはつでんしゃ) (first train (of the day))

Related: 明(あ)け方(がた) (dawn)

Compare: 朝方(あさがた) (early morning)

Compare: 未明(みめい) (predawn)

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Added 2026.1.11 21:31 · Revised 2026.9.2 12:02

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