下瀬火薬

しもせかやく

Shimose powder (explosive composed chiefly of picric acid); Shimose

川を下る

かわをくだる

to descend a river

瀬

せ

shallows, shoal

坂を下りる

さかをおりる

to go downhill, to go down a slope

ハードルを下げる

ハードルをさげる

to lower the bar

頭を下げる

あたまをさげる

to bow, to bow one's head

下手をすると

へたをすると

if one is unlucky, if one is careless, if things don't go well

下駄を預ける

げたをあずける げたをあづける

to leave everything to (someone)

目尻を下げる

めじりをさげる

to look happy, to look pleased

溜飲を下げる

りゅういんをさげる

to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)

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

下る

くだる

to descend, to go down, to come down