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    3. 潮

    潮

    潮しお

    tide

    N1KMT6News #7+1CoreNounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab15 strokes

    汐

    しおうしお

    Noun

    1.
    tide, current
    2.
    sea water
    3.
    opportunity, chance
    4.
    thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
    abbreviation

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    潮しおが満みちてきた。

    The tide has come in.

    KMT4Nature & Environment
    潮しおの流ながれが速はやいので、泳およぐのは危き険けんだ。

    The current is strong, so it's dangerous to swim.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    潮しお風かぜが心ここ地ちよく、海うみの匂においがした。

    The sea breeze was pleasant, and I smelled the ocean.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentEmotions & Psychology
    潮しお干ひ狩がりに行いくなら、干かん潮ちょうの時じ間かんを調しらべておこう。

    If you're going clam digging, let's check the low tide times.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    潮しおの満みち引ひきは、月つきの引いん力りょくによって引ひき起おこされる。

    The ebb and flow of the tide is caused by the moon's gravity.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    潮
    しお・うしお…(2)
    tide・salt water・opportunity
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