一いち衣い帯たい水すい

noun

narrow strip of water; narrow strait

A yojijukugo meaning a narrow body of water separating two places, often used figuratively to describe close proximity despite a water barrier.

• 日本にほんと韓かん国こくは一いち衣い帯たい水すいの関かん係けいにある。

  Japan and Korea are separated only by a narrow strip of water.

• この海かい峡きょうは一いち衣い帯たい水すいで、両りょう岸がんの交こう流りゅうが盛さかんだ。

  This strait is a narrow channel, and there is active exchange between both shores.