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Keyword
watered down
  • thin
  • faint
  • pale
  • fleeting
Frequency
#1436
Strokes
11
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
176
Readings
タン83%
あわ17%
Mnemonic
Water drops splash into the pot of an intense flame, and the soup turns thin and pale, hopelessly watered down.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
淡たん々たん
uninterested; unconcerned; indifferent; dispassionate; matter-of-fact; detached; plain; light; simple; bland; …
Taru-adjective
淡たん水すい
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
Noun
淡あわい
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight; passing; indistinct (e.g. silhouette)
I-adjective
淡海おうみ
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
Noun
淡あわ路じ
Awaji (island)
Noun
濃のう淡たん
light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
Noun
淡たん白ぱく
light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing; unselfish; indifferent (to); not particular (about)
Na-adjective
冷れい淡たん
cool; indifferent; apathetic; half-hearted; cold; cold-hearted; heartless; unkind
Na-adjective
淡たん水すい魚ぎょ
freshwater fish
Noun
淡口うすくち
light (flavor); lightly seasoned; light soy sauce
No-adjective
淡たん色しょく
light color; light colour
Noun
淡あわ雪ゆき
light snow; light snowfall; thin layer of snow; jellied dessert made of beaten egg white, agar and sugar
Noun
淡たん紅こう
pink; rose
Noun
淡たん彩さい
light colouring; light coloring
Noun
淡竹はちく
Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
Noun
枯こ淡たん
elegant simplicity
Na-adjective
恬てん淡たん
disinterested; unselfish; indifferent; detached
Na-adjective