Illustration: At a small Japanese fishing harbor during low tide, several moored boats rest on exposed mud below the quay. A dark band of seaweed and wet staining runs high along the stone harbor wall, well above the remaining water.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

潮しお

shio

tide, current

Example sentences

潮しおが満みち始はじめている。
The tide is coming in.
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彼かれは潮しおの流ながれに逆さからって泳およごうとした。
He tried to swim against the tide.
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潮しおが引ひいている。
The tide is on the ebb.
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Kanji in 潮

潮tide; salt waterOnチョウKunしお・うしお

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