How to say "shade" in Japanese

• 陰かげJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe general word for shade or shadow — the darker area created when something blocks the light. Use it for a shaded spot too, as in the shade of a tree.
  あの木きの陰かげに腰こしをおろしましょう。↗

  Let's sit down in the shade of that tree.
• 日陰ひかげJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounShade from the sun: a spot where the sun does not reach. The word for keeping cool or keeping something out of direct sunlight.
  日陰ひかげで一休ひとやすみしよう。↗

  Let's take a rest in the shade.
• 色合いいろあいCommon
  nounA shade of colour: the hue or general colouring of something. The word to use when 'shade' means a particular tint, as in choosing a shade of paint or fabric.
  その建物たてものは実じつに美うつくしい色合いろあいの大理石だいりせきでできている。↗

  The building is built of marble of a most lovely color.
• 濃淡のうたんCommon
  nounShades in the sense of gradations: the degrees of light and dark within a colour, or light and shade in a picture. It points to a range from pale to deep rather than one single shade.
• 陰影いんえいCommon
  nounShading and the interplay of light and shadow, as in a picture or photograph; it can also suggest gloom. For shade as a cool outdoor spot, 陰 or 日陰 is the word you want.
  陰影いんえいに気きをつけてみたのですがなかなかうまくいかないです。↗

  I tried to take care with the shadows, but it just doesn't go very well.

Use 陰 for shade as a spot out of the light, 日陰 for shade from the sun; 「色合い」 for a shade of colour, 濃淡 for gradations of light and dark, and 陰影 for shading or gloom.

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• 陰かげshade
• 日陰ひかげshade
• 色合いいろあいcolouring
• 濃淡のうたんlight and shade
• 陰影いんえいshadow
• 色いろcolour
• 陰りかげりshadow (e.g. on someone's happiness)
• 色味いろみshade
• 影裏えいりshade
• 隈取るくまどるto shade
• 片陰かたかげshade
• 陰裏かげうらshade
• 冥暗めいあんgloom
• 深浅しんせんdepth
• 遮光幕しゃこうまくblackout curtain
• 傘かさsomething shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat
• 笠かさsomething shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella
• くまshade
• 色目いろめshade (of color)
• ひだ(hidden) detail