枯淡[kotan] elegant simplicity
淡い[awai] light
淡黄色[tanoushoku] pale yellow
淡紅色[tankoushoku] pink
淡彩[tansai] light colouring

淡水[tansui] fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
淡雪[awayuki] light snowfall
濃淡[noutan] light and shade
濃淡画像[noutangazou] gray-scale image
平淡[heitan] simple

雨混じりの雪[amemajirinoyuki] snow mingled with rain
花吹雪[hanafubuki] falling cherry blossoms
雪崩れる[nadareru] to slope
蛍雪の功[keisetsunokou] the fruit of diligent study
降雪[kousetsu] snowfall

豪雪[gousetsu] tremendous snowfall
細雪[sasameyuki] light snow fall
初雪[hatsuyuki] first snow (of season)
除雪[josetsu] snow removal
除雪車[josetsusha] snow-plow