死し角かく

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Meanings

1

Commonly used for a driver's blind spot, but also for any area where visibility or awareness is blocked.

車くるまを運うん転てんするときは死し角かくに気きをつけてください。
Please be careful of blind spots when driving.
このカメラには死し角かくがある。
This camera has a blind spot.

2

dead angle; dead ground; dead space; sector without fire

Military and tactical term for an area that cannot be covered by direct fire or observation.

敵てきは死し角かくから攻こう撃げきしてきた。
The enemy attacked from a dead angle.
この陣じん地ちには死し角かくが多おおい。
This position has many dead spaces.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の死し角かくに入はいるto enter someone's blind spot
その自じ転てん車しゃは運うん転てん手しゅの死し角かくに入はいってしまった。
The bicycle ended up in the driver's blind spot.
死し角かくができるfor a blind spot to form
大おおきなトラックの後うしろには死し角かくができやすい。
A blind spot easily forms behind large trucks.
死し角かくをなくすto eliminate blind spots
このミラーは死し角かくをなくすために設せっ置ちされている。
This mirror is installed to eliminate blind spots.
死し角かくをつくto exploit a blind spot (e.g. in combat or strategy)
敵てきの死し角かくをついて攻こう撃げきした。
They attacked by exploiting the enemy's blind spot.

Kanji

死death, die
角angle, corner, square

Related words

盲もう点てんN1sense 1
盲点 refers to a blind spot in one's thinking or knowledge, whereas 死角 is primarily a physical area that cannot be seen or covered.
ノーマーク
死角 describes a physical or figurative blind spot where one can't be seen, whereas ノーマーク in sports means a player who simply isn't being defended.

Don't confuse with

四し角かくN3
四角 (a square/rectangle) is pronounced identically to 死角 but has a completely unrelated meaning of shape.
視し覚かくN1sense 1
視覚 (the sense of sight) shares the same reading as 死角 but means the visual faculty itself, not an unseen area.
資し格かくN3
資格 (a qualification or license) is a homophone of 死角 with an entirely different, unrelated meaning.

Counted with

箇か所しょN2sense 1
死角 is counted with 箇所 because it refers to a specific spot or area that cannot be seen.

Built from

死し+角かく

Written forms

死し角かくUsage97%
Standard kanji spelling; used in both everyday and technical contexts.
しかくUsage3%

Etymology

Compound of 死 (death, dead) and 角 (angle, corner), literally 'dead angle'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with areas where vision or fire is blocked.