あさぼらけ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
朝ぼらけ

Etymology

Compound of 朝 (asa, “morning”) +‎ ぼらけ (borake, of uncertain meaning).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Speculating on the nature of the second element borake, there is a distant possibility that this might be from 洞開け (hora ake, literally “cave + opening”), in reference to the myth of the sun goddess Amaterasu shutting herself into a cave, and the reopening of that cave representing a dawn of sorts. See also Amaterasu#The_Heavenly_Rock_Cave.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あさぼらけ [àsábóráké] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
(Tokyo) あさぼらけ [àsábóꜜràkè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[3]
IPA^(key): [a̠sa̠bo̞ɾa̠ke̞]

Noun

あさぼらけ • (asaborake) ^{←あさぼらけ (asaborake)^?}

(poetic) dawn

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:明け方

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJS-2] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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