片へん影えい

noun

speck; glimpse; faint trace

Literary word for a barely visible or fleeting appearance of something, often used in poetic or formal contexts. Not common in everyday speech.

• 遠とおくの山やまに片へん影えいのような人ひと影かげが見みえた。

  I saw what looked like a faint trace of a person on the distant mountain.

• 彼かれの記き憶おくには、その日ひの出で来き事ごとの片へん影えいさえ残のこっていなかった。

  Not even a glimpse of that day's events remained in his memory.