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)?

  1. (poetic) dawn

Synonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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