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I want to translate this twitter status of AKB48 member. She wrote about the
graduation(retirement) of one of the member, but I'm not sure what **儚い** mean
in this context.

According to [Jisho](http://jisho.org/search/%E5%84%9A%E3%81%84), it can mean

  1. fleeting; transient; short-lived; momentary; ephemeral; fickle; vain
  2. empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)​

I was wondering what does she mean here?

**EDIT** : I'm currently confused between

  1. Mayu's beauty is fragile and delicate (cause she does have that pure idol image)

or

  2. The fact that she is leaving, so her beautiness and cuteness is leaving as well (kinda like poetic way of saying? I dunno)
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What does 儚い mean in this context?
儚い or 儚げな can be used positively to describe some "static" type of beauty
found within weak/unstable/delicate things or people. It may be similar to so-
called wabi-sabi. It's the opposite of dynamic, glamour, strong or gorgeous
kind of beauty (like that of AKB48 or Lady Gaga).

I think Japanese cherry blossoms are typical 儚い things. Ill-fated/薄幸系/幸薄い系
person such as Cinderella is one 儚い stereotype. The following articles may
help:

  * [儚いと感じる女性の特徴ってなんだと思いますか？](http://girlschannel.net/topics/1361031/)
  * [目が離せない！儚げな男子たち。](https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2142527022973308301)

Please don't ask me how this explanation fits the まゆ's case; I don't know much
about her, but I'm not sure how [these
pictures](https://twitter.com/345__chan/status/945631600338857984) can be
described as 儚い because they look very energetic and happy...

**EDIT** : Oh, so she retired that day? Then I think 儚い refers to that fact;
you won't be able to see Mayu in idol costumes soon, and she's emotional about
that.
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