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
- —身を捨ててこそ浮かぶ瀬もあれnothing ventured, nothing gained
- —負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡るsome 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
- —歳の瀬the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
- —瀬戸焼ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
- —瀬取船small boat used for unloading goods from a large boat anchored nearby
- —瀬戸ものearthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery; Seto ware; ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
- —瀬織津媛Seoritsuhime (goddess of purification, water, waterfalls and rivers)
- —遣る瀬ないmiserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful; downhearted; dreary; having no way to dispel (a feeling); having no solace (from)
- —やる瀬ないmiserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful; downhearted; dreary; having no way to dispel (a feeling); having no solace (from)
- —立つ瀬が無いbeing left in an awkward position; being put in a dilemma; being in a fix; losing face
- —身を捨ててこそ浮かぶ瀬も有れnothing ventured, nothing gained