(n) (1) shallows
shoal
(2) rapids
current
torrent
(3) position
place
(4) chance
opportunity
(P)
(n) rendezvous
tryst
(lover's) meeting
(secret) date
(n) shallows
(P)
(n) strait
channel
(P)
(n) rapids
shallows of a river
(n,adj-no) shoal
shallows
sand bar
ford
(P)
(n) swift current
rapids
(P)
(n) sea current
(n) flatboat
(n) New Year's Eve
the year end
(n) brink
critical moment
(P)
(n) earthenware
crockery
china
(P)
(n) delivery at sea (e.g. drugs)
off-shore delivery (into smaller boats)
(n,vs) sounding out
measuring the depths (of a river)
(n) New Year's Eve
the year end
(n) predicament
one's ground
one's position
(exp) to descend the rapids
(n) enameling
enamelware
(n) ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
(n) Inland Sea
(n) ceramic market
(n) chance or opportunity
lucky break
(adj-i) helpless
cheerless
miserable
disconsolate
dreary
downhearted
(adj-i) helpless
cheerless
miserable
disconsolate
dreary
downhearted
(adj-i) helpless
cheerless
miserable
disconsolate
dreary
downhearted
(n) brinkmanship diplomacy
(n) brinkmanship
(exp) deep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy
those who know little talk much
(exp) having lost face
in a bind
(exp) (id) Nothing venture, nothing gain