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

藁苞[warazuto] straw wrapper
苞苴[aramaki] salted salmon
苞葉[houyou] bract (leaf)
総苞[souhou] involucre

苞苴[housho] straw-wrapped item
山苞[yamazuto] souvenir from the mountains
藁苞[warasubo] Odontamblyopus lacepedii (species of eel goby)