Moto 影: Shadow; Silhouette; PhantomKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- エイ
- Kun'yomi
- かげ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 185 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (エイ)
- 影響えいきょうinfluence; effect
- 撮影さつえいphotography (still or motion); photographing
- 遺影いえいportrait of deceased person
- 写真撮影しゃしんさつえいphotography; taking photographs
- 幻影げんえいphantom; vision
- 影響力えいきょうりょくinfluence; clout
- 悪影響あくえいきょうbad influence; negative influence
- 投影とうえいprojection
- 機影きえいsight (signs) of an aeroplane (airplane)
- 特殊撮影とくしゅさつえいspecial effects; SFX
- 陰影いんえいshadow; shade
- ご影ごえいimage (esp. of a deity, buddha, royal, noble, etc.)
- ご真影ごしんえいimperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War
- に影響されてにえいきょうされてinfluenced by; in response to
- エックス線撮影エックスせんさつえいx-ray photography
- コンピューター断層撮影法コンピューターだんそうさつえいほうcomputerized tomography; CT
- コンピュータ断層撮影コンピュータだんそうさつえいcomputer tomography; CT
- トリック撮影トリックさつえいtrick photography
- ノモン投影ノモンとうえいgnomonic projection (in mapping)
- パノラマ撮影パノラマさつえいpanoramic photography
- レントゲン撮影レントゲンさつえいX-ray (photography)
- レントゲン撮影機レントゲンさつえいきX-ray machine
- ロケ撮影ロケさつえいlocation filming; on-location shoot
- 乳房撮影にゅうぼうさつえいmammography
- 事象投影じしょうとうえいevent projection
- 二重撮影にじゅうさつえいdouble exposure
- 俯瞰撮影ふかんさつえいhigh-angle shot; bird's-eye shot
- 個人撮影こじんさつえいamateur video; amateur photography
- 倒影とうえいreflection
- 写真投影法しゃしんとうえいほうphoto projective method (esp. in psych.)
- 半影はんえいpenumbra
- 半陰影はんいんえいpenumbra
- 印影いんえいimpression of a seal
- 反影はんえいreflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting
- 夜間撮影やかんさつえいnight photography
- 好影響こうえいきょうfavorable influence; favourable influence
- 孤影こえいlonely figure
- 孤影悄然こえいしょうぜんlonely figure
- 射影しゃえいprojection
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 影かげshadow; silhouette
- 影の内閣かげのないかくshadow cabinet
- 面影おもかげface; looks
- 人影ひとかげfigure of a person; figures of people
- 影武者かげむしゃbody double; double
- 影絵かげえshadow picture; silhouette
- 三尺さがって師の影を踏まずさんじゃくさがってしのかげをふまずa student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
- 三尺下がって師の影を踏まずさんじゃくさがってしのかげをふまずa student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
- 三尺去って師の影を踏まずさんじゃくさってしのかげをふまずa student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
- 光と影ひかりとかげrise and fall; ups and downs
- 君影草きみかげそうlily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
- 噂をすれば影うわさをすればかげspeak of the devil
- 噂をすれば影がさすうわさをすればかげがさすspeak of the devil and he shall appear; speak rumours of someone and they shall appear
- 噂をすれば影が射すうわさをすればかげがさすspeak of the devil and he shall appear; speak rumours of someone and they shall appear
- 夕影ゆうかげlight of the setting sun
- 夕影鳥ゆうかげどりlesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Other readings
- グノモン投影ノモンとうえいgnomonic projection (in mapping)
- パノラマＸ線撮影法パノラマエックスせんさつえいほうpanoramic radiography; panoramic x-ray photography
- 三歩さがって師の影を踏まずさんぽさがってしのかげをふまずa student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
- 三歩下がって師の影を踏まずさんぽさがってしのかげをふまずa student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
- 夢幻泡影むげんほうようa dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow (metaphor for the transience of life)
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