1.
shoal; shallow water; shallows; ford
A place in a body of water where the depth is shallow, such as a sandbar in the sea or a shallow stretch of a river that can be waded across.
浅瀬で遊ぶ。
To play in the shallows.
船が浅瀬に乗り上げた。
The boat ran aground on a shoal.
川の浅瀬を歩いて渡ることができる。
You can walk across the river at the shallows.
USAGE:
浅瀬 can refer to shallow areas in rivers, lakes, or the sea. It appears in the proverb 浅瀬に仇波 (much ado about nothing — literally "waves in the shallows"), describing people who make a fuss over trivial matters.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 浅瀬に乗り上げる (to run aground on a shoal)
- 浅瀬を渡る (to wade across the shallows)
- 浅瀬で遊ぶ (to play in the shallows)