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    3. 濃淡

    濃淡

    濃のう淡たん

    light and shade

    KMT9News #22+1NounArt & DesignKanji Vocab27 strokes

    のうたん

    Noun

    1.
    light and shade, shade (of colour, color)
    2.
    depth (of flavor), complexity, strength and weakness (of flavor)

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    この絵えは色いろの濃のう淡たんが美うつくしい。

    The light and shade of colors in this painting are beautiful.

    KMT5Art & DesignCore Concepts
    水すい墨ぼく画がでは、墨すみとの濃う淡たんだけで風ふう景けいを表ひょう現げんします。

    In ink wash painting, landscapes are expressed solely through the light and shade of ink.

    KMT9Art & DesignCulture & Traditions
    彼かの女じょは鉛えん筆ぴつで描えがかれたデッサンで、光ひかりと影かげの濃のう淡たんを見み事ごとに表ひょう現げんした。

    In her pencil sketch, she wonderfully expressed the light and shade of light and shadow.

    KMT9Art & Design
    このワインは、口くちに含ふくむと様さま々ざまな濃のう淡たんの風ふう味みが広ひろがる。

    When you taste this wine, various depths of flavor spread in your mouth.

    KMT9Food & Dining
    人じん生せいの濃のう淡たんを経けい験けんすることで、人ひとはより深ふかく成せい長ちょうする。

    By experiencing the light and shade of life, people grow more deeply.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    濃
    こ.い…(2)
    concentrated・thick・dark・undiluted
    淡
    あわ.い…(1)
    thin・faint・pale・fleeting
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