1.
morning edition; morning newspaper
The edition of a newspaper published and delivered in the morning, as opposed to the evening edition.
朝刊を読む。
To read the morning paper.
今朝の朝刊にそのニュースが載っていた。
That news was in this morning's paper.
父は毎朝コーヒーを飲みながら朝刊に目を通すのが日課だ。
My father's daily routine is to look through the morning paper while drinking coffee.
USAGE:
Major Japanese newspapers publish both a 朝刊 (morning edition) and a 夕刊 (evening edition). Subscribers can choose to receive both or just the 朝刊. The morning edition is the larger of the two and contains the main news of the day.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 朝刊を読む (to read the morning paper)
- 朝刊に載る (to appear in the morning paper)
- 朝刊に目を通す (to look through the morning paper)
- 朝刊一面 (the front page of the morning edition)
CONTRAST:
夕刊 (evening edition) is the counterpart, delivered in the afternoon or early evening.