a. [ Pref. a- + wash. ] 1. Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore; or specifically: (Naut.) flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it; -- of an anchor, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Abounding; filled; covered; -- used mostly with in or with, in phrases such as “stores awash with customers”. [ PJC ]
[たらいまわし, taraimawashi] (n, vs) (1) acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); (2) handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); (3) handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)