朝夕|あさゆうasayuu[1]atamadaka (head-high)
ちょうせきchouseki[1]atamadaka (head-high)ちょうじゃくchoujakuぢょうじゃくjoujakuok
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Definitions
- nounmorning and evening
- noun, adverbfrom morning until night; constantly
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym明け暮れあけくれWrittenWritten/formal prose. Covers morning and evening, day and night; as a verb (明け暮れる) it means to spend all one's time on something, as in 「仕事に明け暮れる」.
- Related日夕にっせきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means day and night, or nightfall; extremely literary and rarely used in modern Japanese.
- Related夜昼よるひるNeutralNeutral. Means day and night without stopping, as in 「夜昼働く」; stresses that there is no separating night from day.
- Related明けても暮れてもあけてもくれてもNeutralNeutral idiom meaning day in and day out, often with a note of weariness or obsession; stresses the repetition more than 「朝夕」 does.
Use 「朝夕」 for morning and evening, or for the mornings and evenings of each day, as in 「朝夕は冷える」. For spending all one's time on something, say 「明け暮れる」; for day in and day out, say 「明けても暮れても」.
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