Japanese symbol for “inconspicuous”
影の薄い
かげのうすい
Romaji: kagenousui
inconspicuous; unobtrusive; low-profile
In Japanese, inconspicuous is 影の薄い, read かげのうすい (kagenousui).
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Meanings
- adj-i, exp inconspicuous; unobtrusive; low-profile
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “inconspicuous”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人目につかない | ひとめにつかない hitomenitsukanai | unperceived; unnoticed; unnoted |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 影響 | えいきょう eikyou | influence; effect; impact |
| 撮影 | さつえい satsuei | photography (still or motion); photographing; filming |
| 面影 | おもかげ omokage | face; looks; countenance |
| 幻影 | げんえい gen'ei | phantom; vision; illusion |
| 投影 | とうえい touei | projection (of a shadow); casting (a reflection); reflection |
| 人影 | ひとかげ hitokage | figure of a person; figures of people |
| 薄い | うすい usui | thin (of an object) |
| 薄暗い | うすぐらい usugurai | dim; gloomy |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.