- 瀬戸【せと】 - strait, channel 
- 浅瀬【あさせ】 - shoal, shallows, sand bar, ford 
- 瀬戸際【せとぎわ】 - brink, verge, critical moment, crucial moment 
- 高瀬【たかせ】 - shallow river, shallows, flatboat, river boat 
- 早瀬【はやせ】 - swift current, rapids 
- 年の瀬【としのせ】 - the year end, end of the year, last days of the year 
- 川瀬【かわせ】 - rapids, shallows of a river 
- 瀬踏み【せぶみ】 - sounding out, measuring the depths (of a river) 
- 立つ瀬【たつせ】 - one's position, one's face, one's honour, one's reputation