瀬 - rapids, current, torrent

earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery

brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment

strait; channel

shallows; shoal

shallow river; shallows

shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford

swift current; rapids

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

being left in an awkward position; being put in a dilemma; being in a fix; losing face

many torrents; many rapids

rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date

sounding out; measuring the depths (of a river)