日ひ陰かげ

noun

shade; shadow

Refers to an area not reached by direct sunlight, or the shadow cast by an object blocking the sun. Common in everyday contexts.

• 暑あついので、木きの日ひ陰かげで休やすみましょう。

  It's hot, so let's rest in the shade of the tree.

• 建たて物ものの日ひ陰かげになっている道みちは涼すずしい。

  The street in the shadow of the building is cool.

noun

sunshine; sunlight

Only when written 日影 / 日かげ

A less common meaning, restricted to the kanji forms 日影 and 日かげ. Refers to a patch of sunlight or the light of the sun itself.

• 窓まどから日ひ影かげが差さし込こんでいる。

  Sunlight is streaming in through the window.