Word Meaning 木陰

こかげ kokage

木陰 is read as こかげ (kokage) and means shade of tree.

Meaning

English

  1. shade of tree
  2. bower

Reading

Kana

こかげ

Romaji

kokage

Writing Variants

  • 樹蔭 こかげ kokage
  • 樹蔭 じゅいん juin
  • 樹陰 こかげ kokage
  • 樹陰 じゅいん juin
  • 木かげ こかげ kokage
  • 木蔭 こかげ kokage

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 9425 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

木の下陰

このしたかげ

shade of a tree

木陰で憩う

こかげでいこう

to take a rest under a tree

木刀

ぼくた

wooden sword

木の芽

きのめ

bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)

木彫り

きぼり

wood carving

木彫

もくちょう

wood carving

木製

もくせい

wooden

木辺派

きべは

Kibe sect (of Shin Buddhism)

木製品

もくせいひん

wooden products

木立百里香

きだちひゃくりこう

thyme

木標

もくひょう

wooden guidepost

木造建築士

もくぞうけんちくし

registered architect with a license for wood construction

Example Sentences

9

あつかったので、こかげでやすんだ。

it was hot, so i rested in the shade of a tree.

It was cool in the shade of the trees.

I sat down in the shade of a tree and read the book.

An old man was at rest under the tree.

An old man was resting in the shade of the tree.

An old man was resting in the shade of the tree.

Big brother, you've got a bad fever?! Never mind the bags, rest in the shade of those trees!

Under the shadow of the oak tree, Tom and Mary recited haiku to each other all day long.

Since it was such hot day today, the park was full of children playing with water and people cooling off under the shade of trees.