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浅瀬 あさせ

  1. ford; sand bar; shallows; shoal

浅瀬に仇波 あさせにあだなみ

  1. deep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy; those who know little talk much

負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡る おうたこにおしえられてあさせをわたる

  1. a fool may give a wise man counsel; some things can be learned from the young; to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shoulders
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