► 副詞
毎朝 [まいあさ] meaning: morning rank: 2
☆ 彼女は毎朝犬を散歩に連れて行く ⇨ She takes her dog for a walk every morning (☛ Every morning)
► 成句
御早う [おはよう] [coll] meaning: morning rank: 1
☆ お早う！ ⇨ Good morning!
☆ お早う御座います！ ⇨ Good morning! (☛ A formal, more polite/respectful form)
► 名詞
朝 [(1)あさ] meaning: morning rank: 1
☆ もうすぐ朝になる ⇨ It will be morning soon. It is dawning
今朝 [(1)けさ] meaning: morning rank: 1
☆ 今朝彼に会った ⇨ I saw him this morning
午前 [(1)ごぜん] meaning: morning rank: 1
☆ 午前八時 ⇨ 8 AM. 8 in the morning
早朝 [そうちょう] meaning: morning rank: 2
☆ 彼はいつも早朝にジョギングする ⇨ He always go jogging early morning
翌朝 [よくあさ] [liter] meaning: morning rank: 2
☆ 翌朝私はひどい二日酔いになった ⇨ The next morning I had a horrible hangover (☛ The next morning)
朝一番 [(1)あさいちばん] meaning: morning rank: 3
☆ 明日の朝一番にそれをやるつもりだ ⇨ I will do it first thing tomorrow morning (☛ Literally “No. 1 in the morning”)
朝方 [あさがた] meaning: morning rank: 3
☆ 朝方に気温は氷点下まで下がった ⇨ The temperature dipped below freezing early morning (☛ Early morning hours)
朝っぱら [あさっぱら] [coll] meaning: morning rank: 3
☆ 隣の人が朝っぱらから大騒ぎしている ⇨ My neighbor is making a raucous from early morning (☛ Always contains annoyance as in “too early in the morning”)
朝一 [(2)あさいち] [coll] meaning: morning rank: 4
☆ 朝一にジョギングした ⇨ I did some jogging first thing in the morning (☛ Abbreviation of 朝一番)
未明 [みめい] meaning: morning rank: 4
☆ 今朝未明に地震があった ⇨ There was an earthquake in the early morning today (☛ Morning before or around dawn)
翌朝 [よくちょう] [liter] meaning: morning rank: 4
☆ 翌朝は晴れだった ⇨ The next morning was clear (☛ The next morning)
► 形容動詞
朝型 [あさがた] meaning: morning rank: 4
☆ 私は朝型だ ⇨ I’m a morning person