Moto 瀬: Rapids; Current; TorrentKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ライ
- Kun'yomi
- せ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 47 in the dictionary
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 瀬せshallows; shoal
- 瀬戸せとstrait; channel
- 瀬戸際せとぎわbrink; critical moment
- 高瀬たかせshallow river; shallows
- 早瀬はやせswift current; rapids
- 川瀬かわせrapids; shallows of a river
- 年の瀬としのせthe year end; end of the year
- 浅瀬あさせshoal; shallows
- 瀬戸物せとものearthenware; porcelain
- 瀬踏みせぶみsounding out; measuring the depths (of a river)
- 立つ瀬たつせpredicament; one's ground
- やる瀬ないやるせないmiserable; disconsolate
- アラフラ大瀬アラフラおおせtasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon, sole species of the carpet shark genus Eucrossorhinus)
- 中瀬鉱なかせこうnakaseite
- 大瀬おおせJapanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus, species of carpet shark); Japanese carpet shark
- 尾瀬草おぜそうJaponolirion osense (species of flowering plant)
- 歳の瀬としのせthe year end; end of the year
- 沈む瀬あれば浮かぶ瀬ありしずむせあればうかぶせありlife has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow
- 浅瀬に仇波あさせにあだなみdeep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy; those who know little talk much
- 浮かぶ瀬うかぶせchance; opportunity
- 渡瀬地鼠わたせじねずみlesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei); Watase's shrew
- 潮瀬しおせsea current
- 瀬を下るせをくだるto descend the rapids
- 瀬切れせぎれdrying up (of the surface of a riverbed)
- 瀬取りせどりship-to-ship cargo transfer; off-shore delivery (into smaller boats)
- 瀬取り船せどりぶねsmall boat used for unloading goods from a large boat anchored nearby
- 瀬取船せどりぶねsmall boat used for unloading goods from a large boat anchored nearby
- 瀬戸ものせとものearthenware; porcelain
- 瀬戸内式気候せとうちしききこうclimate of the Setouchi Region
- 瀬戸内海せとないかいSeto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
- 瀬戸引きせとびきenameling; enamelware
- 瀬戸焼きせとやきceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
- 瀬戸物市せとものいちceramic market
- 瀬戸茅せとがやJapanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)
- 瀬戸際外交せとぎわがいこうbrinkmanship diplomacy
- 瀬戸際政策せとぎわせいさくbrinkmanship
- 瀬田蜆せたしじみCorbicula sandai (species of basket clam)
- 立つ瀬がないたつせがないhaving lost face; in a bind
- 負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡るおうたこにおしえられてあさせをわたるsome things can be learned from the young; a fool may give a wise man counsel
- 身を捨ててこそ浮かぶ瀬もあれみをすててこそうかぶせもあれnothing ventured, nothing gained
- 身を捨ててこそ浮かぶ瀬も有れみをすててこそうかぶせもあれnothing ventured, nothing gained
- 遣る瀬ないやるせないmiserable; disconsolate
- 遣る瀬無いやるせないmiserable; disconsolate
- 高瀬舟たかせぶねflatboat
Other readings
- 五十瀬いせmany torrents; many rapids
- 瀬戸焼せとやきceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
- 逢瀬おうせrendezvous; tryst
Kanji that often appear with 瀬
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