早はや瀬せ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

swift current; rapids

Refers to a fast-flowing, often turbulent part of a river. Common in geographical names and descriptive writing.

早はや瀬せを下くだるto go down through the rapids
カヌーで早はや瀬せを下くだるのはとても興こう奮ふんする。
Going down the rapids by canoe is very exciting.
早はや瀬せに流ながされるto be swept away by the rapids
彼かれは早はや瀬せに流ながされて危あやうく溺おぼれそうになった。
He was swept away by the rapids and nearly drowned.
早はや瀬せの音おとthe sound of rapids
夜よるになると早はや瀬せの音おとがよく聞きこえる。
At night, you can clearly hear the sound of the rapids.

急きゅう流りゅう
急流 is the general term for a fast-flowing torrent, while 早瀬 specifically names a swift, shallow stretch of a river and is common in place names.
瀬せ
瀬 broadly means shallows or a stretch of river, while 早瀬 adds the nuance of fast-moving water.
滝たき川がわ
早瀬 specifically describes a shallow, swift-running stretch of a river and is more commonly used than the literary 滝川.
滝たきN3
早瀬 refers to shallow, fast-flowing water (rapids), another modern equivalent for the archaic 'rapids' meaning of 滝.

淵ふち
早瀬 is a fast, shallow, turbulent stretch of a river, while 淵 is a deep, still pool where the water barely moves.

A native compound of 早 “swift” and 瀬 “current or rapids.” The reading preserves unvoiced せ.