翌 朝(よくあさ)

よくあさ

noun

next morning, following morning

1. next morning, following morning

The morning of the next day; the morning after a referenced event.

翌朝(よくあさ)、彼(かれ)は早(はや)く起(お)きた。

The next morning, he woke up early.

翌朝(よくあさ)にはもう届(とど)いていた。

It had already arrived by the next morning.

翌朝(よくあさ)の出発(しゅっぱつ)に備(そな)えて早(はや)く寝(ね)た。

I went to bed early in preparation for the next morning's departure.

翌朝(よくあさ)目(め)が覚(さ)めると外(そと)は雪(ゆき)で真(ま)っ白(しろ)だった。

When I woke up the next morning, the outside was covered in white snow.

夜(よる)遅(おそ)くまで飲(の)みすぎたせいで、翌朝(よくあさ)は頭(あたま)が痛(いた)くてなかなか起(お)きられなかった。

Because I drank too much until late at night, the next morning I had a headache and could barely get up.

翌朝(よくあさ) is a compound of 翌(よく) (next, following) + 朝(あさ) (morning). It refers to the morning after a previously mentioned event or time, and is primarily used in written or narrative contexts.

CONTRAST WITH 次(つぎ)の朝(あさ):
翌朝(よくあさ) is more formal and literary. In casual speech, 次(つぎ)の朝(あさ) or 明(あ)くる朝(あさ) is used instead.

RELATED 翌(よく) COMPOUNDS:

翌日(よくじつ): the following day
翌週(よくしゅう): the following week
翌月(よくげつ): the following month
翌年(よくとし): the following year

The 翌(よく) prefix always refers to the next instance relative to a past reference point, not relative to the present moment.

Related Words

Related: 翌年(よくとし)

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Added 2026.1.11 21:03 · Revised 2026.5.24 22:30

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