明あける

あける akeru

to dawn
to become daylight

ichidan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

天亮；结束

Chinese notes

夜が明ける表示天亮；年が明ける表示新年到来；梅雨が明ける表示梅雨季结束。

Examples

夜が明ける。
Day breaks.
天亮了。
Tatoeba #79759
夜がちょうど明けようとしている。
The dawn is just breaking.
天正要亮了。
Tatoeba #79771

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5b9f9fdc86'); // 明ける

{
  "id": "5b9f9fdc86",
  "word": "明ける",
  "reading": "あける",
  "romaji": "akeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to dawn",
    "to become daylight"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1202450,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "夜が明ける。",
      "en": "Day breaks.",
      "tatoeba_id": 79759
    },
    {
      "ja": "夜がちょうど明けようとしている。",
      "en": "The dawn is just breaking.",
      "tatoeba_id": 79771
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "234ddf12ac24d3945c1f589852b7a2e10fc2527fcb5ddbac8d21068e3cbcc5ae",
    "meanings": [
      "天亮",
      "结束"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "夜が明ける。",
        "zh": "天亮了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "夜がちょうど明けようとしている。",
        "zh": "天正要亮了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/5b9f9fdc86",
      "JMdict_e.gz, ent_seq 1202450",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "notes": "夜が明ける表示天亮；年が明ける表示新年到来；梅雨が明ける表示梅雨季结束。",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "e7db328dd7703f61b9581abe4b912eaf95852c2d40ed44bf62ec330d9929eb6e"
  }
}