Keyword
unseen location
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1718
Readings
いん
(46%)
かげ
(45%)
おん
(8%)
Composed of
small village
now
quote
Used in kanji (1 in total)
shaded by grass
Used in vocabulary (228 in total)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
invisibly; secretly; privately
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
behind one's back
shade of tree; bower
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
shade; shadow
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
sadness and gloom
shade of a rock
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon, etc.
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
the genital area
the labium; labia
negative personality; asocial type
(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part
shades of evening; dead of night
scrotum; testicles; scrotal; (arch.) pinecone; (arch.) pine cone
negative (result); gloomy; negative (e.g. attitude); pessimistic
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
person who avoids others; social outcast
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
conspiracy theory
under the sod; one's grave; the other world
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
female genitals; vulva
the positive and the negative
Bureau of Onmyō; government office in charge of astronomical observations, divination and calendar making (under the ritsuryo system)
dark and desolate; forlorn
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
gloomy and depressing; mournful
the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
shadow of a leaf or tree
conspiracy theory
(both) openly and covertly; publicly and privately; implicitly and explicitly
conspirator; plotter
pudendal cleft; rima pudendi
time; Father Time
the Moon; the greater yin (in yin-yang)
drying in the shade
lunar calendar
to stay bottled up inside oneself; to be introverted; to have a melancholic appearance, atmosphere (of a person, object, place); to have a gloomy appearance
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
gloomy person
to act behind the scenes
Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)
shade of tree; bower
San-in region of western Honshu (incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short
hermaphrodite; intersexual; androgynous; bisexual (characteristics)
Look for a big tree when you want shelter; Serve the powerful for your own good
time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short
plotter; conspirator
external genitalia (esp. female); vulva
shade of trees
to pull wires; to pull strings
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
lee of an island; area hidden by an island
tray for absent one
path to the netherworld (underworld); Hades; Hell
(photographic) negative
secret charity
negative pressure
scrotum; testicles; scrotal; (arch.) pinecone; (arch.) pine cone
shade; shady spot
openly and secretly; helping in all ways
to stay bottled up inside oneself; to be introverted; to have a melancholic appearance, atmosphere (of a person, object, place); to have a gloomy appearance
Daion; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
principle of duality
episiotomy; perineotomy
moment; short time
concealment; suppression; hiding
to insult someone behind their back
the harmony of yin and yang energies
diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium
corpus cavernosum penis; cavernous body of penis
hollow relief (carving); white line (woodcuts)
red candlestick (in a candlestick chart); bearish candlestick
goddess; female deity
clitoral hood; prepuce of clitoris
bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)
the lesser yin (within yin-yang)
gloomy and depressing; mournful
dark and desolate; forlorn
unsettled (fine and cloudy) weather
female private parts; female genitals
vagina; love-making technique
secretly slitting one's belly (and only eventually revealing one's mortal wound) (in kabuki, bunraku, etc.)
ringworm (of the groin); jock itch; tinea cruris
drying in the shade
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
back of a stone monument; inscription on the back of a stone monument
impotence (sexual); erectile impotence
vulva; pudenda
negative charge
lion at home but weakling elsewhere
people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; (lit.) a fortune teller can't tell their own future
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
the pain brought on by the five skandha
mons veneris; mons pubis
to take a rest under a tree; to rest in the shade of a tree
there isn't a moment to be wasted; every moment is precious; make hay while the sun shines
protection; shield; shadow of eaves
at all times; at any time; in rain or shine; reliably
camouflaged ninja
clitoral glans; glans clitoridis
ringworm (of the groin); jock itch; tinea cruris
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
pinecone; pine cone
(photographic) printing paper
drying in the shade
drying in the shade
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
testicles; penis
openly and secretly; helping in all ways
court mourning (for the late emperor or empress); national mourning
Persian speedwell (Veronica persica); large field speedwell; bird's-eye speedwell; birdeye speedwell; winter speedwell
gynatresia
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind somebody's back
homosexual prostitute who sold favors at banquets, etc. (late Edo); actor-in-training in kabuki
long period of rain
there isn't a moment to be wasted; every moment is precious; make hay while the sun shines
running ground pine (species of club moss, Lycopodium clavatum)
running ground pine (species of club moss, Lycopodium clavatum)
running ground pine (species of club moss, Lycopodium clavatum)
running ground pine (species of club moss, Lycopodium clavatum)
running ground pine (species of club moss, Lycopodium clavatum)
running ground pine (species of club moss, Lycopodium clavatum)
Persian speedwell (Veronica persica); large field speedwell; bird's-eye speedwell; birdeye speedwell; winter speedwell
negative reaction (in patient)
negative charge; negative electricity
lettering of an engraving
implicit function
lunisolar calendar
lunar tide (tide caused by the Moon)
lacking balls; femininity; guy who lacks balls; cowardly man
yin yao (broken line composing one third of a trigram)
hemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing semitones)
hemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing semitones)
the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
hidden line removal; hidden line elimination
sustained virological response; SVR
cloudy spring weather
minor festival (held in place of a larger festival that is not recurring every year)
minor festival (held in place of a larger festival that is not recurring every year)
demon of aggregates (who causes many kinds of suffering)
(crime of) preparations or plots for private war
transperineal biopsy (esp. of the prostate)
baculum; os penis; penis bone
Cryptozoic (period)
song sung behind the scenes (kabuki)
penile adhesion; penile skin bridge
all girls eventually awaken to sex; (lit.) even the seed growing in the shade will burst open
all girls eventually awaken to sex; (lit.) even the seed growing in the shade will burst open
Psilocybe argentipes (species of psychoactive mushroom)
brush pot tree (Cyathea lepifera); flying spider-monkey tree fern
Examples (51 in total)
He won the game thanks to his strong will.
He studied hard, which enabled him to pass the exam.
A strange sound was heard from behind the door.