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Japanese term or phrase:	浅場
English translation:	shallow bottom
Entered by:	Tokyo_Moscow

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13:33 Jul 12, 2009

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Japanese term or phrase: 浅場

旧来の里海の概念を直接的にあてはめることはもはや不可能であるが、干潟・浅場の創出、市民の関わりなど、今までに見られなかった社会的な動きも生じている。

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shallow bottom

Explanation:
あさ‐ば【浅場】
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１岸の近くや川の瀬などで、水深の浅い場所。

２カレイ科の海水魚。全長約30センチ。目のある側は紫褐色の地に白点が散在。北日本のやや深海にすみ、産卵期には浅場に集まってくる。食用。あさばがれい。
http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&dname=0na&dtype=0&s...
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海や岸の浅い所。一般に水深数mのところをいう。
それから先、沖合に向うと海底面は急な斜面になる。干潟(ひがた)とともに海藻(かいも)類が繁茂して稚魚の成育場となることが多い。漁業者から浅場造成の声もある。
http://kotobank.jp/word/浅場

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* 浅場
shallow bottom
http://eow.alc.co.jp/浅場/UTF-8/?ref=sa
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Evaluation of the Shallow Bottom Based on the Survival Test of Ruditapes philippinarum in the Central Part of Lake Nakaumi, Southwest Japan
http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200520/000020052005A07...

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Note added at 21 mins (2009-07-12 13:55:07 GMT)
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Another dictionary gives a slightly different English translation -
shoal

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Note added at 29 mins (2009-07-12 14:03:21 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoal

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Tokyo_Moscow
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Local time: 05:58

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shallow bottom

Tokyo_Moscow

shoal(s)

Katsushi Saito

shallow water

seika

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shallow bottom

Tokyo_Moscow
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1 hr confidence:

shallow water

Explanation:
http://www.wetlandsworkgroup.org/shallowwater.htm

seika
United States
Local time: 15:58
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Japanese

2 days3 hrs confidence:

shoal(s)

Explanation:
Or, shallow, flat, or shelf
A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc. is shallow; a shallow.　Note, however, that as the case may be or almost always, these nouns should be expressed in plural form (shoals, shallows, flats, or shelves).　

Katsushi Saito
Japan
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