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JLPT N3 · Noun

陰 (kage)

陰 (かげ, kage) is a Japanese noun meaning “shade; shadow”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
かげ
Romaji
kage
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. shade; shadow · noun
  2. behind (something); other side; back · noun
  3. the background; behind the scenes; behind someone's back · noun
  4. gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.); darkness · noun

Example sentences

あの木の陰に腰をおろしましょう。
Let's sit down in the shade of that tree.
Tatoeba #230435
カーテンの陰に隠れているのは誰？
Who is hiding behind the curtain?
Tatoeba #226485
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.
Tatoeba #189937

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 陰

陰
shade, yin, negativeイン・かげ・かげ.る · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 陰.

お陰おかげgrace (of God)日陰ひかげshade陰気いんきgloomy

Source: JMdict entry 1590150 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.