淡い
あわい · awai
Light, faint, pale, fleeting
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Conjugation
| Negative (ない形) | 淡くないあわくない |
| Past (た形) | 淡かったあわかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 淡くなかったあわくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 淡くてあわくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 淡くあわく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 淡いあわい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 淡ければあわければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 淡かったらあわかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 淡くなるあわくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 淡すぎるあわすぎる |
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What does 淡い mean?
Light, faint, pale, fleeting.
How do you pronounce 淡い?
あわい (awai). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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