払暁(ふつぎょう)

ふつぎょう
noun
dawn, daybreak
1. dawn, daybreak, early morning
The time when darkness gives way to light; the first light of morning. A formal/literary word for dawn.
払暁(ふつぎょう)に出発(しゅっぱつ)した。
We departed at dawn.
部隊(ぶたい)は払暁(ふつぎょう)に攻撃(こうげき)を開始(かいし)した。
The troops launched an attack at dawn.
払暁(ふつぎょう)の空(そら)に一番星(いちばんぼし)がまだ光(ひか)っていた。
The morning star was still shining in the dawn sky.

FORMALITY: Formal/literary. Often used in historical or military contexts. In everyday speech, 明(あ)け方(がた), 夜明(よあ)け, or 早朝(そうちょう) are more common.

ETYMOLOGY: 払(ふつ) (to sweep away) + 暁(ぎょう) (dawn) - suggests the sweeping away of darkness.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 払暁(ふつぎょう)に出発(しゅっぱつ)する (to depart at dawn)
  • 払暁(ふつぎょう)の攻撃(こうげき) (dawn attack)
  • 払暁(ふつぎょう)の空(そら) (the dawn sky)

RELATED WORDS:

  • 夜明(よあ)け (daybreak - more common)
  • 明(あ)け方(がた) (dawn - everyday word)
  • 暁(あかつき) (dawn - literary, also means "when/if")
  • 黎明(れいめい) (dawn - literary, also figurative)
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