洗あらい越ごし

noun

ford; low-level crossing

A shallow place where a road or path crosses a stream or river by driving or walking through the water, rather than over a bridge. Common in rural or mountainous areas.

• この先さきに洗あらい越ごしがあるので、雨あめの日ひは注ちゅう意いしてください。

  There is a ford ahead, so please be careful on rainy days.

• 山やま道みちの洗あらい越ごしを車くるまで渡わたった。

  We drove across the ford on the mountain road.