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影 : Shadow

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Components:

shadow, silhouette, phantom

On 'yomi:
エイ(ei)
Kun 'yomi:
かげ(kage)
Strokes:15
Radical: (59)
Usage Rating:464
JLPT:N1
old JLPT:1
Grade:8
Unicode:05f71
jis208:17-38
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影 Usage examples

(こえい)lonely figure
悄然(こえいしょうぜん)lonely figure
響圏(えいきょうけん)sphere of influence
を映す(かげをうつす)to mirror the image (of)
(こうえいきょう)favorable influence, favourable influence
斜投(しゃとうえい)oblique projection
コンピュータ断層撮(コンピュータだんそうさつえい)computer tomography, CT
陽電子放射断層撮(ようでんしほうしゃだんそうさつえい)positron emission tomography, PET
が薄い(かげがうすい)in the background, not standing out
黒御(くろみかげ)black granite
悄然(こえいしょうぜん)lonely and crestfallen, a lonely and heavy-hearted figure
一如(けいえいいちにょ)being inseparable as a form and its shadow, husband and wife being never apart
(みかげ)divine spirit, spirit of the dead
を潜める(かげをひそめる)to disappear, to vanish
富士(かげふじ)shadow cast by Mount Fuji, image of Mount Fuji as reflected in a lake, etc.
三尺下がって師のを踏まず(さんじゃくさがってしのかげをふまず)
三尺さがって師のを踏まず(さんじゃくさがってしのかげをふまず)
a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
三尺去って師のを踏まず(さんじゃくさってしのかげをふまず)a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
三歩下がって師のを踏まず(さんぽさがってしのかげをふまず)
三歩さがって師のを踏まず(さんぽさがってしのかげをふまず)
a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)