樹じゅ影えい

noun

shadow of a tree; tree shadow

A somewhat literary or descriptive noun for the shade cast by a tree or trees. In everyday speech, 木陰 (こかげ) is more common.

• 夏なつの午ご後ご、庭にわの樹じゅ影えいが涼すずしげに揺ゆれていた。

  On a summer afternoon, the shadows of the trees in the garden swayed coolly.

• 彼かれは樹じゅ影えいの下したで本ほんを読よんでいた。

  He was reading a book under the shade of a tree.