shallows, shoal, rapids...

earthenware, porcelain, china...

earthenware, porcelain, china...

strait, channel

swift current, rapids

shallow river, shallows, flatboat...

brink, verge, critical moment...

the year end, end of the year, last days of the year

the year end, end of the year, last days of the year

shoal, shallows, sand bar...

rapids, shallows of a river

sounding out, measuring the depths (of a river)

one's position, one's face, one's honour...

rendezvous, tryst, (lover's) meeting...

sea current

ship-to-ship cargo transfer, off-shore delivery (into smaller boats)

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

drying up (of the surface of a riverbed)

ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)

small boat used for unloading goods from a large boat anchored nearby

Corbicula sandai (species of basket clam)

Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)

to descend the rapids

enameling, enamelware

ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)

small boat used for unloading goods from a large boat anchored nearby

chance, opportunity, lucky break

Seto Inland Sea, Inland Sea

ceramic market

flatboat