Illustration: In the paved courtyard of a Japanese apartment block, low afternoon sunlight casts a child’s long shadow across the ground. The child lifts both arms into a ridiculous monster pose, and the dark silhouette repeats the exact shape with exaggerated length.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

影かげ

kage

shadow

For shade or a place hidden from view, use 陰. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

庭にわはまだ影かげになっている。
The garden is still in shadow.
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その少女しょうじょは自分じぶんの影かげにおびえていた。
The girl was afraid of her own shadow.
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彼かれは自分じぶんの影かげさえも恐おそれる。
He is even afraid of his own shadow.
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Kanji in 影

影shadow; silhouetteOnエイKunかげ

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