noun

  1. person who is socially ostracized (e.g. an ex-convict, mistress, illegitimate child), social outcast, person with a shady past, person with something to hide.
  2. obscure person, person who lives in obscurity, person who has been forgotten by the world.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
日陰者 ひかげもの
日蔭者 ひかげもの

Contained Kanji Breakdown

day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
shade, yin, negative
かげ イン (7th, N1)
place, left village radical - 2 stroke form (no. 170)
こざと
shade(陰) variant
イン かげ
now
いま コン キン (2nd, N5)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
fu
say
ウン い.う ここに (Kentei Pre-1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
someone, person
シャ もの (3rd, N4)
variant of radical 125
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)