Vocabulary

What does 人影 (ひとかげ, hitokage) mean?

人影 (ひとかげ, hitokage) means human silhouette, figure of a person.

Quick facts
Readingひとかげ
Romajihitokage
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
ひとかげ
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonhitokage

human silhouette, figure of a person

  1. 1noun figure of a person; figures of people
  2. 2noun shadow of a person

Example sentences

  • A human figure was seen on the dark road.

  • A human figure moved on the other side of the window.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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