蔭
蔭

shade, shadow, backing assistance

13 strokesFrequency 2,166Grade 9

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おかげでお陰でお蔭でExpressionUsually kanaFreq #886
1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

Examples
私はあなたの援助のおかげで成功した。
I succeeded through your help.
おかげでほぼ完徹だ。
Thanks to which I was up nearly all night.
おかげお陰お蔭NounUsually kanaFreq #2094
1

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing

Examples
私が今日あるのは両親のおかげである。
I owe what I am to my parents.
2

assistance; help; aid

3

effects; influence

陰蔭かげ翳NounFreq #4554
1

shade; shadow

Examples
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.
2

behind (something); other side; back

Examples
カーテンの陰に隠れているのは誰？
Who is hiding behind the curtain?
3

the background; behind the scenes; behind someone's back

Examples
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.
この事件の陰に誰か黒幕がいるに違いない。
There must be someone behind this affair.
4

gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.); darkness

おかげさまでお陰様でお蔭様でお陰さまでおかげ様でExpressionPoliteUsually kanaFreq #7686
1

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; by God's grace; under the gods' shadow

Examples
おかげさまで助かりました。
Thank you very much for your help.
2

thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support; thanks to your efforts

物陰物蔭ものかげNounFreq #9702
1

place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place

木陰こかげ木蔭NounFreq #11450
1

shade of a tree; bower

Examples
彼らは木蔭に座った。
They sat in the shade of a tree.
日陰日蔭日影日かげひかげNounFreq #15474
1

shade; shadow

Examples
日陰で一休みしよう。
Let's take a rest in the shade.
2

日影／日かげ only

sunshine; sunlight

陰口かげぐちNoun～の Adj.Freq #19632
1

malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

Examples
だれか人に、言い分があったら、陰口をいわないで、その人に面と向かっていいなさい。
If you have a bone to pick with a person, tell it to his face instead of saying things behind his back.
陰る翳るかげる蔭るIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #24230
1

to become clouded; to darken; to get dark; to become hidden (behind clouds)

2

to darken (of a face)

3

to worsen; to deteriorate; to become gloomy

陰り翳り蔭りかげりNounFreq #25362
1

shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom

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