潮・汐|しおshio[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nountide; current
   潮しおが急速きゅうそくに満みちてくる。↗

   The tide is rising fast.
2. nounsea water
3. nounopportunity; chance

• Synonym潮汐ちょうせきWrittenWritten/formal term for the tidal phenomenon itself, as in science; 「潮」 is the everyday word and can also mean a chance or the right moment, as in 「潮時」.
• Related干満かんまんWrittenWritten/formal prose term that names the ebb and flow explicitly; 「潮」 can include that rise and fall too, but is the general word for the tide itself.
• Related潮合しおあいWrittenWritten/formal word for the timing of high and low tide; by extension, a good opportunity. 「潮」 is broader, covering the tide itself as well as timing.
• Related潮の干満しおのかんまんNeutralA neutral, explanatory phrase for the rise and fall of the tide; 「潮」 alone is more concise.
• Related満ち干みちひWrittenA literary word for the ebb and flow of the tide; 「潮」 is the more common, everyday choice.

Use 「潮」 for the sea tide, seawater, or a figurative opportunity, as in 「潮が満ちる」 and 「潮時」. For the scientific phenomenon say 「潮汐」; for the tide's rise and fall use 「干満」 or 「満ち干」.

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1. （しお）海うみの水みず、 潮汐ちょうせき、 うしお。
2. （しお）海面かいめんの満ち引みちひき。
3. （しお）物事ものごとをする、やめるのに丁度ちょうど良よいとき。しおどき。