► 名詞
陰 [(1)かげ] meaning: behind rank: 1
☆ 彼女はカーテンの陰に隠れた ⇨ She hid behind curtains
☆ 彼女は陰で人の悪口を言う ⇨ She bad-mouths others behind their backs
陰 [(1)かげ] meaning: private rank: 1
☆ 皆陰で噂をしている ⇨ Everybody is talking about it in private
陰 [(1)かげ] meaning: secret rank: 1
☆ 彼は陰から国を支配している ⇨ He is secretly ruling the country
☆ 彼は陰で過激派を支援していた ⇨ He was secretly supporting the radical group
☆ 彼女は陰から夫を支え続けてきた ⇨ She has been her husband’s pillar of strength behind the scene
陰 [(1)かげ] meaning: shade rank: 1
☆ 私達は木の陰に座った ⇨ We sat in the tree shade
More examples:
- これも偏にあなたの御陰です ⇨ This is all thanks to you, only you
- 物陰に何かが潜んでいる ⇨ Something is hiding in the shadow
- 急に雨が降り出したので木陰で雨宿りした ⇨ I took refuge under a tree because it suddenly started raining
- あいつの御陰で地獄の苦しみを味わわされた ⇨ I had to taste, go through, the pain of hell because of him
- 陰気臭い人 ⇨ A gloomy person
- 私達の成功は皆様方の御支援のお陰です ⇨ Our success owes to the support from all of you
- 彼女は人の陰口を叩くのが好きだ ⇨ She likes to badmouth others
- ケネディ暗殺の陰謀説 ⇨ The Kennedy assasination conspiracy theory
- 陰ながら応援させて頂きます ⇨ I will discreetly root for your from the shade (even though it won’t help much)
- 陰嚢 ⇨ A scrotum
- 陰気な性格 ⇨ A gloomy personality
- 山陰随一の名湯 ⇨ The best hot spring resort in Sanyo region
- 急に黒雲が出て日が陰った ⇨ Suddenly black clouds appeared and the sun got blocked, it got dark
- 御陰様で退院致しました ⇨ Thanks for your concern. I got discharged from the hospital
- 御陰様で大会は成功裏に終了いたしました ⇨ Thanks to you all, the event has ended as success