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    3. 淡い

    淡い

    淡あわい​

    light

    KMT10News #43+1Ref L2AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    あわい

    Adjective

    1.
    light, faint, pale, fleeting

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    空そらには淡あわい色いろの雲くもが浮うかんでいた。

    Faintly colored clouds floated in the sky.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyNature & Environment
    彼かの女じょの記き憶おくには、淡あわい初はつ恋こいの思 い出 が残のこっている。

    Faint memories of her first love remain in her mind.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの心こころには、成せい功こうへの淡あわい期き待たいと、それに伴ともなう不ふ安あんが入いり混まじっていた。

    In his heart, a faint hope for success was mixed with the accompanying anxiety.

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    淡あわい色しき彩さいで描えがかれた風ふう景けい画がは、見みる者ものに穏おだやかな印 象 を与あたえる。

    A landscape painting drawn with faint colors gives viewers a calm impression.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyArt & DesignNature & Environment
    物ものが語たりの結けつ末まつには、淡あわい希 望 が感かんじられる描びょう写しゃがあった。

    At the end of the story, there was a depiction that conveyed a faint hope.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyLiterature

    Characters that make up this word

    淡
    あわ.い…(1)
    thin・faint・pale・fleeting
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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