陰
陰

shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow

11 strokesFrequency 1,393JLPT N1Grade 8

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かげかげ.る

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Common Words

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

女神めがみ陰神妻神NounFreq #3358
1

goddess

Examples
ローマ人は彼らの女神であるジューノを崇拝した。
The Romans worshiped their goddess, Juno.
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

陰にいんにAdverbFreq #5702
1

invisibly; secretly; privately

密か秘かひそか窃か私か～な Adj.Freq #5816
1

secret; private; surreptitious

Examples
彼はひそかにあなたの財産を狙っていますよ。
He has designs on your property.
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

陰謀隠謀いんぼうNounFreq #9477
1

plot; intrigue; scheme

Examples
私は彼らの陰謀をすぐに見抜いた。
I saw through their plot at once.
2

Law

conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act

物陰物蔭ものかげNounFreq #9702
1

place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place

隠蔽隠ぺいいんぺい陰蔽NounTransitive～する VerbFreq #10142
1

concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression

Examples
これまた政府の隠ぺい策のようです。
This looks like another government cover-up.
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