Meanings
Noun
1. shallows; shoal
2. rapids; current; torrent
3. position; place
4. chance; opportunity
Alt. forms
Kanji used
rapids
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (22 in total)
strait; channel
rapids; shallows of a river
shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
swift current; rapids
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
predicament; one's ground; one's position
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
chance; opportunity; lucky break
Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus, species of carpet shark); Japanese carpet shark; fringe shark
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to descend the rapids
ship-to-ship cargo transfer; off-shore delivery (into smaller boats)
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
drying up (of the surface of a riverbed)
life has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow
sea current
Corbicula sandai (species of basket clam)
many torrents; many rapids
Seta Station (Shiga)
Examples (1 in total)
Doctor Hirose is engaged in AIDS research.