陰影・陰翳|いんえいin'ei[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounshadow; shade; shading; gloom
   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.
2. nounnuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

• Synonym陰かげNeutralA shaded or dark spot, and by extension behind something or behind the scenes. Very broad in use, while 「陰影」 focuses on light-dark shading and subtle nuance.
• Synonym影かげNeutralA shadow, silhouette or figure; focuses on the shadow something casts. It has no sense of nuance or subtle overtones.
• Synonym陰りかげりNeutralShadow or gloom, and signs of decline; stresses something darkening or on the way down. It has no sense of nuance or subtle overtones.
• Synonym日陰ひかげNeutralA place the sun does not reach; also used figuratively for an unlucky, frustrated lot in life. Stresses being out of the sunlight.
• SynonymシャドーNeutralA loanword for shadow, also short for 「アイシャドー」 (eyeshadow); leans toward art and fashion contexts.
• Antonym光ひかりNeutralThe antonym: light itself, standing in contrast to shadow.
• Antonym明るさあかるさNeutralThe antonym: brightness or cheerfulness, the opposite of darkness and gloom.

Use 「陰影」 for shadow where light and dark interplay, or for nuance and subtle overtones, as in 「陰影に富む文章」. For a shaded spot say 「陰」 or 「日陰」; for a cast shadow, 「影」; for signs of decline, 「陰り」. The opposite is 「光」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 薄暗うすぐらいかげ。
2. ニュアンス。