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あけがた

明け方

akegata

less common

English

dawn, daybreak

नेपाली

बिहानको झिसमिसे

Examples

  1. 明あけ方がたに雨あめがやみました。

    The rain stopped around dawn.

  2. 夜勤やきんが終おわって、明あけ方がたに帰宅きたくしました。

    I finished my night shift and got home at dawn.

  3. 明あけ方がたまで、各地かくちで大雨おおあめが続つづくおそれがあります。

    Heavy rain may continue in many areas until dawn.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

明 8 strokes
方 4 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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