Nounstrait; channel

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford

Nounswift current; rapids

Nounshallow river; shallows · flatboat; river boat

Nounbrink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment

Nounearthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery · Seto ware; ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)

I-adjective (keiyoushi)miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful; downhearted; dreary; having no way to dispel (a feeling); having no solace (from)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)being left in an awkward position; being put in a dilemma; being in a fix; losing face

Nounrendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date

Nounrapids; shallows of a river

Nounsea current

NounJapanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus); Japanese carpet shark; fringe shark

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounthe year end; end of the year; last days of the year

Nounone's position; one's face; one's honour; one's reputation

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbsounding out; measuring the depths (of a river)

Nounflatboat

Nounship-to-ship cargo transfer; off-shore delivery (into smaller boats)

NounCorbicula sandai (species of basket clam)

NounJapanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)

Noundrying up (of the surface of a riverbed)

Nounnakaseite

NounJaponolirion osense (species of flowering plant)

Nounmany torrents; many rapids

NounItsuse no Mikoto; older brother of Emperor Jimmu who accompanied him on his eastern expedition but died in Kinokuni before reaching Yamato

Nounsailing trawlnet

NounWatase line (biogeographic boundary between the Palearctic and Oriental realms)

NounSeto Inland Sea; Inland Sea

Nounceramic market

Nounenameling; enamelware

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounchance; opportunity; lucky break

Nounceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' endingto descend the rapids

Nounsmall boat used for unloading goods from a large boat anchored nearby

Nounlesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei); Watase's shrew

NounShimose powder (explosive composed chiefly of picric acid); Shimose

NounSeoritsuhime (goddess of purification, water, waterfalls and rivers)

Nounbrinkmanship

Nounbrinkmanship diplomacy

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)deep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy; those who know little talk much

Nountasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)

Nounclimate of the Setouchi Region

NounSeto Inland Sea Environmental Conservation Council

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)life has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)nothing ventured, nothing gained

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' endingsome things can be learned from the young; a fool may give a wise man counsel; to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shoulders