Meaning of 遠浅(とおあさ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 遠浅

Kana Reading とおあさ

Romaji tōasa

Parts of speech

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

shoal; wide shallow beach

Examples of 遠浅, とおあさ in a sentence

「まだ浅いね。足とどく」「結構遠浅だな。よつばもまだ足つくだろ」

It's still shallow, eh. My feet still touch the bottom. "It's quite a shallow beach. Yotsuba, you can still touch the bottom can't you?"

Related Kanji

浅 JLPT 2

9 strokes

shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful

On'Yomi: セン

Kun'Yomi: あさ.い

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遠 JLPT 4

13 strokes

distant, far

On'Yomi: エン, オン

Kun'Yomi: とお.い

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