noun
A body of seawater or lake water that reaches into the land. The single-kanji word 江 is less conversational than 入り江 and is often felt as literary, geographical, or place-name-like.
小さな江に漁船が並んでいる。
Fishing boats are lined up in the small inlet.
The more common modern word for an inlet or cove; usually safer in everyday speech than the standalone 江.
A standard word for a bay or gulf, often larger or more geographical in scale than 江.
A single-kanji Japanese noun written 江 and read え. The character is conventionally associated with waterside places such as rivers, inlets, and bays; no historical derivation is specified.