Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
いん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(いん) (yain

  1. the dark of night
    • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 35, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 上 先生と私 [Sensei and I]:
      玄関(げんかん)(もん)(あいだ)にあるこんもりした木犀(もくせい)一株(ひとかぶ)が、(わたくし)行手(ゆくて)(ふせ)ぐように、夜陰(やいん)のうちに(えだ)()っていた。
      Genkan to mon no aida ni aru konmori shita mokusei no hitokabu ga, watakushi no yukute o fusegu yō ni, yain no uchi ni eda o hatte ita.
      Between the entryway and the gate a single bushy sweet osmanthus extended its branches into the dark of night, as if to block my path.

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 [New NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN