noun
Refers to the shade cast by a tree or trees; often used in poetic or descriptive contexts.
暑い日だったので、木陰で休んだ。
It was a hot day, so we rested in the shade of a tree.
公園の木陰で本を読むのが好きです。
I like reading a book in the shade of the trees in the park.
Search-only mixed kana-kanji form.
Search-only form; rare combination of 樹 and 蔭.
日陰 means 'shade' in general (from the sun), while 木陰 specifically refers to shade from a tree.
Compound of 木 (tree) and 陰 (shade). The reading こかげ is a rendaku form of 木 (こ) + 陰 (かげ).