shallows; shoal

rapids; current; torrent

position; place

chance; opportunity

miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful; downhearted; dreary; having no way to dispel (a feeling); having no solace (from)

brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment

rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date

shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford

strait; channel

shallow river; shallows

Abbreviation

flatboat; river boat

being left in an awkward position; being put in a dilemma; being in a fix; losing face

Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea

the year end; end of the year; last days of the year