Meanings
Noun
1. 浅瀬。川が浅く、歩いて渡れるところ。
2. 早瀬。川の(幅が狭いために)流れの速いところ。
3. 潮流。海の水の流れ。
4. 立場。機会。
Alt. forms
Kanji used
rapids
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (22 in total)
① 両方の陸地が接近している狭い海峡。② 「瀬戸際」の略。③ 「瀬戸物」の略。④ 愛知県の北西部に位置する市。。
rapids; shallows of a river
shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
swift current; rapids
① 一年の終わりの頃。
predicament; one's ground; one's position
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
chance; opportunity; lucky break
Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus, species of carpet shark); Japanese carpet shark; fringe shark
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to descend the rapids
ship-to-ship cargo transfer; off-shore delivery (into smaller boats)
① 一年の終わりの頃。
drying up (of the surface of a riverbed)
life has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow
① 海面で見える潮の流れ。潮流。
Corbicula sandai (species of basket clam)
many torrents; many rapids
Seta Station (Shiga)
Examples (1 in total)
Doctor Hirose is engaged in AIDS research.