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    3. 黎明

    黎明

    黎れい明めい

    daybreak

    KMT10News #36+1NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab23 strokes

    れいめい

    Noun

    1.
    daybreak, dawn, gray of the morning (grey)
    2.
    dawn (of a new age)

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    黎れい明めいの空そらは美うつくしい。

    The dawn sky is beautiful.

    KMT8Nature & Environment
    黎れい明めい前ぜんには一いち番ばん暗くらくなる。

    It gets darkest just before dawn.

    KMT10Nature & Environment
    その発はっ見けんは、新あたらしい科か学がくの黎れい明めいを告つげた。

    That discovery heralded the dawn of a new science.

    KMT10Science & Math
    黎れい明めいの光ひかりが山やま々やまを照てらし始はじめた。

    The light of dawn began to illuminate the mountains.

    KMT10Nature & Environment
    この時じ代だいは、民みん主しゅ主しゅ義ぎの黎れい明めい期きと見みなされている。

    This era is regarded as the dawn of democracy.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    黎
    くろ.い…(3)
    dark・black・many
    明
    あ.かり・あか.るい・あか.るむ・あか.らむ・あき.らか・あ.ける…(18)
    bright・light
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