Word Meaning 日陰

ひかげ hikage

日陰 is read as ひかげ (hikage) and means shade.

Meaning

English

shade
shadow
sunshine
sunlight

Reading

Kana

ひかげ

Romaji

hikage

Writing Variants

日かげ ひかげ hikage
日蔭ひかげ hikage
日影ひかげ hikage

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 5446 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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日陰者

ひかげもの

obscure person

日陰蔓

ひかげのかずら

running ground pine (species of club moss, Lycopodium clavatum)

日陰痺茸

ひかげしびれたけ

Psilocybe argentipes (species of psychoactive mushroom)

日陰杪欏

ひかげへご

brush pot tree (Cyathea lepifera)

陰日向

かげひなた

double-faced

陰になり日向になり

かげになりひなたになり

openly and secretly

陰に日に

かげにひに

at all times

日本刀

にほんとう

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

日系

にっけい

(of) Japanese descent

日傘

ひがさ

parasol (esp. one carried in the hand)

日没

にちぼつ

sunset

日射

にっしゃ

solar radiation

Example Sentences

日陰にいなさい。

Keep in the shade.

日陰で一休みしよう。

Let's take a rest in the shade.

私達は日陰で一休みした。

We had a rest in the shade.

日陰と日向ではかなり温度差がある。

The temperature in the shade is considerably different than in the sun.

とても暑かったので日陰に入って休んだ。

It was so hot that I got into the shade and took a rest.

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日陰影次 Eiji Hikage