Kanji1 / 19
瀬 kanji
rapids, current, torrent, shallows, shoal
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 19
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ライ
Kun readings
せ
Variant forms
瀨Words with 瀬
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —渡瀬線Watase line (biogeographic boundary between the Palearctic and Oriental realms)
- —瀬戸内海Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
- —瀬戸物市ceramic market
- —瀬戸引きenameling; enamelware
- —浮かぶ瀬chance; opportunity; lucky break
- —瀬戸焼きceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
- —瀬を下るto descend the rapids
- —瀬取り船small boat used for unloading goods from a large boat anchored nearby
- —渡瀬地鼠lesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei); Watase's shrew
- —下瀬火薬Shimose powder (explosive composed chiefly of picric acid); Shimose
- —瀬織津姫Seoritsuhime (goddess of purification, water, waterfalls and rivers)
- —遣る瀬無いmiserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful; downhearted; dreary; having no way to dispel (a feeling); having no solace (from)
- —瀬戸際政策brinkmanship
- —瀬戸際外交brinkmanship diplomacy
- —浅瀬に仇波deep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy; those who know little talk much
- —立つ瀬がないbeing left in an awkward position; being put in a dilemma; being in a fix; losing face
- —アラフラ大瀬tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)
- —瀬戸内式気候climate of the Setouchi Region
- —瀬戸内海環境保全審議会Seto Inland Sea Environmental Conservation Council
- —沈む瀬あれば浮かぶ瀬ありlife has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow