干潮

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 干潮, read かんちょう, means the time when the water reaches its lowest level in a tidal cycle.
• Basic usage: It refers to the time when a submerged path appears or to a tide time checked before going to the beach.
  • 干潮になると、沖の小島まで砂の道が現れる。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• State versus process: 引き潮
  • 干潮 focuses on the time when the water is at its lowest, while 引き潮 focuses on the outgoing flow or process of the tide receding.