Illustration: At dawn beside a suburban river, a jogger pauses where the path curves beneath a bridge. Farther along the misty path stands one indistinct human figure, its head, shoulders, and two legs recognizable but its face and clothing details obscured by distance.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

人ひと影かげ

hitokage

figure of a person

Example sentences

  1. 暗闇くらやみの中なかに人影ひとかげが見みえた。

    A form appeared in the darkness.

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  2. 通とおりには人影ひとかげは見みられなかった。

    No one was to be seen on the street.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 夜更よふけのせいか、雨あめのせいか、人影ひとかげはなかった。

    I don’t know if it was because of the late hour or because of the rain, but there was no one around.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 人影

  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと
  • 影shadow; silhouetteOnエイKunかげ

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