波なみ
Meanings
Noun
1. wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell
2. ups and downs
3. (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; succession of changes
4. tendency; (new) wave
Kanji used
a wave
Pitch accent
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Top 1700
Used in vocabulary (76 in total)
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
tsunami; tidal wave
ripple (on water); wavelet
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
water's edge; beach; foreshore
billow; surge; large wave
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
wind and waves; discord; trouble; hardships
ripples on a river
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
high waves; heavy seas
wavy form; ripply shape; waveform
to go with the flow; to go with the times
the sound of waves
interval between the waves; gap between waves
waving heads (of grain)
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
wave crest; whitecaps
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
giant tsunami (over 3m in height according to the JMA definition); giant tidal wave
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
sea spray; spindrift
sea spray; spindrift
to cut one's way through the waves
Iwanami (publisher); Iwanami
rising sea waves from late May to early June
backwash; rip current; stern wave; drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest)
transverse wave; beam sea
sea route
rough waves; raging waves; stormy seas
sea wall; breakwater
choppy sea; chopping waves; triangle wave
corrugated sheet; corrugated plate
old age; oncoming age
high waves which rise during the dog days of summer
incoming wave; surf; swash; comber; beachcomber
salt; crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter
breaker; breaking wave; broken sea
longitudinal wave
sea wall; breakwater
wave-dissipating concrete block; tetrapod
wave dash (punctuation); tilde
(seaside) breakers
offshore wave; deep water wave
choppy seas; head sea
bigger wave (when there are multiple waves); larger wave
sleeping while on a sea voyage; falling asleep to the sound of the ocean
water's edge; beach; foreshore
breaker; breaking wave; broken sea
smaller waves; lesser waves
clashing waves; tides in narrow sea straits
incoming wave
leading wave (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave crest reaches land before a trough)
deep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy; those who know little talk much
wave (on the water's surface)
Fujinami Station (Ishikawa)
Matsunami Station
Examples (14 in total)
The waves are high.
The waves are rising.
The waves are high today.