片隅
Meanings
1
Refers to a small, often overlooked or secluded corner of a place, room, or space. Carries a nuance of being away from the center or main area.
Old books are piled up in a corner of the room.
He stood alone in a corner of the party.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉の片隅にin a corner of 〈場所〉
There's an old chair in the corner of the room.
- 心の片隅に〈事〉が残るfor something to linger in a corner of one's mind
Those words still linger in a corner of my mind.
- 片隅に追いやられるto be pushed to the corner, relegated to the sidelines
His opinion got pushed to the sidelines of the discussion.
- 〈場所〉の片隅で〈動詞〉to do something in a corner of 〈場所〉
She was quietly reading a book in a corner of the classroom.