瀬

せ

shallows, shoal

高瀬

たかせ

shallow river, shallows

潮瀬

しおせ

sea current

逢瀬

おうせ

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

川瀬

かわせ

rapids, shallows of a river

大瀬

おおせ オオセ

Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus, species of carpet shark), Japanese carpet shark, fringe shark

早瀬

はやせ

swift current, rapids

浅瀬

あさせ

shoal, shallows, sand bar, ford

瀬戸

せと

strait, channel

瀬田蜆

せたしじみ セタシジミ

Corbicula sandai (species of basket clam)

瀬踏み

せぶみ

sounding out, measuring the depths (of a river)

年の瀬

としのせ

New Year's Eve, the year end

瀬戸際

せとぎわ

brink, critical moment

高瀬舟

たかせぶね

flatboat

瀬戸物

せともの セトモノ

earthenware, crockery, china

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

瀬切れ

せぎれ

drying up (of the surface of a riverbed)

五十瀬

いせ

many torrents; many rapids

立つ瀬

たつせ

predicament, one's ground, one's position