瀬

shallows

earthenware

strait

brink

shallow river

swift current

the year end

rapids

shoal

sounding out

many torrents

tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)

Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus)

Itsuse no Mikoto

Seto Inland Sea

to descend the rapids

ceramic market

being left in an awkward position

enameling

ship-to-ship cargo transfer

drying up (of the surface of a riverbed)

brinkmanship

climate of the Setouchi Region

brinkmanship diplomacy

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

Shimose powder (explosive composed chiefly of picric acid)

Watase line (biogeographic boundary between the Palearctic and Oriental realms)

miserable

nakaseite

sailing trawlnet

lesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei)

some things can be learned from the young

ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)

chance

Japonolirion osense (species of flowering plant)

nothing ventured, nothing gained

flatboat

Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)

sea current

Corbicula sandai (species of basket clam)

Seto Inland Sea Environmental Conservation Council

life has its ups and downs

life has its ups and downs

one's position

deep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy

rendezvous