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41 早瀬 Swift Currents

Alternative Meanings

Rapids

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

はやせ

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

小舟は早瀬で横転してしまいました。

The boat flipped over in the rapids.

Meaning Explanation

A quick rapids is going to have swift currents.

Reading Explanation

The reading comes from 早い and the reading you learned for 瀬.

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