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

割り竹[waridake] split bamboo
幹竹割り[karatakewari] cutting straight down
竿竹[saodake] bamboo pole
松竹梅[shouchikubai] pine, bamboo and plum (together an auspicious grouping)
真竹[madake] Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides)

竹蜻蛉[taketonbo] small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
竹のつえ[takenotsue] bamboo rod (stick, pole)
竹垣[takegaki] bamboo fence (hedge)
竹串[takegushi] bamboo skewer