rapids, current, torrent, shallows, shoal
瀬 centers on moving water in a shallow or fast-flowing place: rapids, currents, torrents, shallows, or shoals. The common thread is water moving over a shallow or uneven bed, creating swift or turbulent flow.
瀬 combines 氵 (water) with 頼, which likely contributes the sound ライ. The character originally referred to shallow, fast-moving water.
The water radical 氵 on the left flows into the right side 頼, which looks like a person leaning over a rushing stream. Picture someone relying on a shallow rapid to cross a river.
For ライ, imagine a rapid current so strong it makes a loud 'rye' sound as water crashes over rocks: rye -> ライ.
shallows; shoal
strait; channel
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
shallow river; shallows
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
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brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
rapids; shallows of a river
swift current; rapids
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
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earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery
tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)
Shimose powder (explosive composed chiefly of picric acid); Shimose
nakaseite
many torrents; many rapids
Itsuse no Mikoto; older brother of Emperor Jimmu who accompanied him on his eastern expedition but died in Kinokuni before reaching Yamato
Japonolirion osense (species of flowering plant)
sailing trawlnet
life has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow