淡

Meanings

thin, faint, pale, fleeting

ES: claro, pálido, fugaz, efímero

Common words

• 淡水たんすいfresh water (i.e. not salt water)
• 冷淡れいたんcool, indifferent, apathetic, half-hearted
• 淡いあわいlight (color, taste, etc.), faint (e.g. smell), pale
• 濃淡のうたんlight and shade, shade (of colour, color)
• 淡々たんたんuninterested, unconcerned, indifferent, dispassionate, matter-of-fact, detached
• 淡白たんぱくlight (flavor, color, etc.), simple, plain

Example sentences

• サケは淡水たんすいで産卵さんらんする。

  Salmon lay their eggs in fresh water.

  El salmón pone sus huevos en agua dulce.

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• 彼女は私に冷淡だ。

  She is cold to me.

  Ella es fría conmigo.

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• 塩水しおみずの方ほうが淡水たんすいよりも浮力ふりょくが大おおきい。

  Salt water is more buoyant than fresh water.

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• 彼かれは確たしかに利口りこうではあるが、冷淡れいたんでもある。

  He is clever, no doubt, but he is cold, too.

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