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陰
かげ
N3
noun
Meanings
1
shade
2
shadow
3
other side
4
behind (something)
5
back
6
the background
7
behind the scenes
8
behind someone's back
Example sentence
陰で他人の悪口を言うべきでない。
You should not speak ill of others behind their backs.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 陰 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
陰
Shade, Yin, Negative
11 strokes
More words with
陰
お陰で
おかげで ·
thanks to ...
お陰様で
おかげさまで ·
thankfully
日陰
ひかげ ·
shadow
N2
物陰
ものかげ ·
place hidden from view
陰謀
いんぼう ·
plot
陰気
いんき ·
Full entry on Jisho
gloom
N1
陰り
かげり ·
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness)
山陰
やまかげ ·
place in the shade of a mountain
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