木陰

Japanese

Hiragana	こかげ
Kanji	木陰木かげ木蔭樹陰樹蔭

Kanji in this term
木	陰
こ Grade: 1	かげ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 木 (ko, “tree”, ancient compounding reading) +‎ 陰 (kage, “shade, shadow”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) こかげ [kòkágé] (Heiban – [0])[1][4][5]
- (Tokyo) こかげ [kóꜜkàgè] (Atamadaka – [1])[4]
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ka̠ɡe̞]

Noun

木陰 (hiragana こかげ, rōmaji kokage)

the shade of a tree

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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