面影

Chinese

 
face; side; surface
face; side; surface; aspect; top
 
picture; image; reflection
picture; image; reflection; shadow
simp. and trad.
(面影)

Pronunciation


Noun

面影

  1. face (in one's memory); mental image of somebody

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おも
Grade: 3
かげ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling

Etymology

From Old Japanese.[1] By surface analysis, おも (omo) + (kage, shadow).

Pronunciation

Noun

(おも)(かげ) • (omokage) 

  1. vestige, trace

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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