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瀬せ
shallows, shoal
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瀬戸せと
strait, channel
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浅瀬あさせ
shoal, shallows, sand bar, ford
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高瀬たかせ
shallow river, shallows
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早瀬はやせ
swift current, rapids
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瀬戸際せとぎわ
brink, verge, critical moment, crucial moment
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瀬戸物せともの
earthenware, porcelain, china, pottery, crockery
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大瀬オオセ
Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus), Japanese carpet shark, fringe shark
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逢瀬おうせ
rendezvous, tryst, (lover's) meeting, (secret) date
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川瀬かわせ
rapids, shallows of a river
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潮瀬しおせ
sea current
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瀬切れせぎれ
drying up (of the surface of a riverbed)
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瀬戸茅せとがや
Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)
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瀬踏みせぶみ
sounding out, measuring the depths (of a river)
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瀬田蜆せたしじみ
Corbicula sandai (species of basket clam)
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瀬取りせどり
ship-to-ship cargo transfer, off-shore delivery (into smaller boats)
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中瀬鉱なかせこう
nakaseite
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五瀬命いつせのみこと
Itsuse no Mikoto, older brother of Emperor Jimmu who accompanied him on his eastern expedition but died in Kinokuni before reaching Yamato
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年の瀬としのせ
the year end, end of the year, last days of the year
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立つ瀬たつせ
one's position, one's face, one's honour, one's reputation
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高瀬舟たかせぶね
flatboat
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渡瀬線わたせせん
Watase line (biogeographic boundary between the Palearctic and Oriental realms)
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打瀬網うたせあみ
sailing trawlnet
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尾瀬草おぜそう
Japonolirion osense (species of flowering plant)
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瀬戸内海せとないかい
Seto Inland Sea, Inland Sea
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瀬戸引きせとびき
enameling, enamelware
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瀬戸物市せとものいち
ceramic market
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瀬を下るせをくだる
to descend the rapids
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瀬戸焼きせとやき
ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
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瀬取り船せどりぶね
small boat used for unloading goods from a large boat anchored nearby
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渡瀬地鼠わたせじねずみ
lesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei), Watase's shrew
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浮かぶ瀬うかぶせ
chance, opportunity, lucky break
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下瀬火薬しもせかやく
Shimose powder (explosive composed chiefly of picric acid), Shimose
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瀬戸際政策せとぎわせいさく
brinkmanship
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瀬戸際外交せとぎわがいこう
brinkmanship diplomacy
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遣る瀬無いやるせない
miserable, wretched, disconsolate, helpless, cheerless, sorrowful, downhearted, dreary, having no way to dispel (a feeling), having no solace (from)
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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
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瀬戸内式気候せとうちしききこう
climate of the Setouchi Region
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立つ瀬がないたつせがない
being left in an awkward position, being put in a dilemma, being in a fix, losing face
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アラフラ大瀬アラフラおおせ
tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)
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瀬戸内海環境保全審議会せとないかいかんきょうほぜんしんぎかい
Seto Inland Sea Environmental Conservation Council
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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
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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
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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, to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shoulders
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五十瀬いせ
many torrents, many rapids