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Grade 6JLPT N1

tide, salt water, opportunity

15 strokes · frequency rank #1231

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チョウ
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しお、うしお

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Common words

  1. しおtide; current1
    • The tide is rising fast.

    • There she blows!

    • Every tide has its ebb.

  2. ふうちょうtide; current2
    • It might be discreet of you to bend a little to the prevailing wind.

    • The present writer doesn't like such a tendency.

  3. ちょうりゅうtide; tidal current3
    • The tide carried the boat out to sea.

    • The sweep of the times is changing rapidly.

    • Large-scale surface currents are already known to exist, and major currents below the ocean surface, too, are being found.

  4. こうちょうflush; blush4
    • He was flushed with excitement.

    • Expectation caused her to be flushed with excitement.

  5. くろしおKuroshio Current; Japan Current5
  6. しょちょうmenarche; first menstruation6
    • I had my first period when I was 13 years old.

  7. おおしおspring tide7
  8. しちょうtrend of thought8
  9. まんちょうhigh tide; high water; full tide9
    • High tide is at 3 p.m. today.

  10. しおどきtidal hour10
    • There is a time for everything.

    • He seized an opportunity to speak.

    • "There is a tide" is, in fact, from a passage in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

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