light; faint; pale; fleeting
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)
to remove the astringent taste from persimmons
var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki; woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion
friendships between wise men are plain and hence rock solid