"淡い" meaning in Japanese

See 淡い in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [a̠β̞a̠i]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|あわい|hhira=あはい|infl=i}} 淡(あわ)い • (awai) ^(←あはい (afai)?)-i (adverbial 淡(あわ)く (awaku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=あわ|lemma=淡|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 淡い [canonical] (ruby: (あわ)), awai [romanization], afai [romanization], 淡く [adverbial] (ruby: (あわ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 淡かろ [imperfective, stem], あわかろ [imperfective, stem], awakaro [imperfective], 淡く [continuative, stem], あわく [continuative, stem], awaku [continuative], 淡い [stem, terminative], あわい [stem, terminative], awai [terminative], 淡い [attributive, stem], あわい [attributive, stem], awai [attributive], 淡けれ [hypothetical, stem], あわけれ [hypothetical, stem], awakere [hypothetical], 淡かれ [imperative, stem], あわかれ [imperative, stem], awakare [imperative], 淡くない [informal, negative], あわくない [informal, negative], awaku nai [informal, negative], 淡かった [informal, past], あわかった [informal, past], awakatta [informal, past], 淡くなかった [informal, negative, past], あわくなかった [informal, negative, past], awaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 淡いです [formal], あわいです [formal], awai desu [formal], 淡くないです [formal, negative], あわくないです [formal, negative], awaku nai desu [formal, negative], 淡かったです [formal, past], あわかったです [formal, past], awakatta desu [formal, past], 淡くなかったです [formal, negative, past], あわくなかったです [formal, negative, past], awaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 淡くて [conjunctive], あわくて [conjunctive], awakute [conjunctive], 淡ければ [conditional], あわければ [conditional], awakereba [conditional], 淡かったら [conditional, past], あわかったら [conditional, past], awakattara [conditional, past], 淡かろう [volitional], あわかろう [volitional], awakarō [volitional], 淡く [adverbial], あわく [adverbial], awaku [adverbial], 淡さ [noun-from-adj], あわさ [noun-from-adj], awasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. pale; light
    Sense id: en-淡い-ja-adj-sKs1RgCe
  2. dim; indistinct; low in contrast; less in degree
    Sense id: en-淡い-ja-adj--xsdf5Z4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "淡い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "淡",
          "あわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡く",
      "roman": "awaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "淡",
          "あわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あわい",
        "hhira": "あはい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "淡(あわ)い • (awai) ^(←あはい (afai)?)-i (adverbial 淡(あわ)く (awaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "あわ",
        "lemma": "淡",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He was wearing a pastel blue shirt.",
          "roman": "Awai mizuiro no shatsu o kiteita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "淡",
              "あわ"
            ],
            [
              "水色",
              "みずいろ"
            ],
            [
              "着",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "淡い水色のシャツを着ていた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pale; light"
      ],
      "id": "en-淡い-ja-adj-sKs1RgCe",
      "links": [
        [
          "pale",
          "pale"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is surrounded by thin fog.",
          "roman": "Awai kiri ni tsutsumarete iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "淡",
              "あわ"
            ],
            [
              "霧",
              "きり"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "淡い霧につつまれている。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I have low expectations of him.",
          "roman": "Kare ni awai kitai o yosete iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "淡",
              "あわ"
            ],
            [
              "期待",
              "きたい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼に淡い期待をよせている。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dim; indistinct; low in contrast; less in degree"
      ],
      "id": "en-淡い-ja-adj--xsdf5Z4",
      "links": [
        [
          "dim",
          "dim"
        ],
        [
          "indistinct",
          "indistinct"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "contrast",
          "contrast"
        ],
        [
          "less",
          "less"
        ],
        [
          "degree",
          "degree"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あわい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠β̞a̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "淡い"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "淡い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "淡",
          "あわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡く",
      "roman": "awaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "淡",
          "あわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "淡さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あわさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あわい",
        "hhira": "あはい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "淡(あわ)い • (awai) ^(←あはい (afai)?)-i (adverbial 淡(あわ)く (awaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "あわ",
        "lemma": "淡",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He was wearing a pastel blue shirt.",
          "roman": "Awai mizuiro no shatsu o kiteita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "淡",
              "あわ"
            ],
            [
              "水色",
              "みずいろ"
            ],
            [
              "着",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "淡い水色のシャツを着ていた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pale; light"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pale",
          "pale"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is surrounded by thin fog.",
          "roman": "Awai kiri ni tsutsumarete iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "淡",
              "あわ"
            ],
            [
              "霧",
              "きり"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "淡い霧につつまれている。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I have low expectations of him.",
          "roman": "Kare ni awai kitai o yosete iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "淡",
              "あわ"
            ],
            [
              "期待",
              "きたい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼に淡い期待をよせている。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dim; indistinct; low in contrast; less in degree"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dim",
          "dim"
        ],
        [
          "indistinct",
          "indistinct"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "contrast",
          "contrast"
        ],
        [
          "less",
          "less"
        ],
        [
          "degree",
          "degree"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あわい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠β̞a̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "淡い"
}

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