渡り
Meanings
Noun
1. crossing; passage; transit
2. importing; import
3. wandering; wanderer
4. migration
5. contact; relations; negotiations
6. watari; connection underneath the opponent's stones at or near the edge of the board (usu. as ワタリ)
7. glide
Kanji used
Pitch accent
わたり
Used in vocabulary
綱渡り
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
Noun
Examples1
その 申し出 は 渡り に 船 だ。
Your offer is a life-saver.