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波なみ
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Meanings
Noun
1. wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell
2. ups and downs (Idiom)
3. (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; succession of changes
4. tendency; (new) wave
Other spellings
なみ
Kanji used
波a wave
Pitch accent
なみ
Used in vocabulary
波なみ乗のり
surfing
Noun
三さん角かく波なみ
choppy sea; chopping waves
Noun
荒あらい波なみ
rough waves; raging waves; stormy seas
Expression
入いり波なみ
incoming wave
Noun
向むかい波なみ
head sea
Noun
土ど用よう波なみ
high waves which rise during the dog days of summer
Noun
大おお津つ波なみ
giant tsunami (over 3m in height according to the JMA definition); giant tidal wave
Noun
さざれ波なみ
ripple
Noun
引ひき波なみ
backwash; rip current; undertow; stern wave; drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest)
Noun
押おし波なみ
leading wave (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave crest reaches land before a trough)
Noun
寄よせ波なみ
incoming wave; surf; swash; comber; beachcomber
Noun
大おお津つ波なみ警けい報ほう
major tsunami warning
Noun
Examples42
The breaking waves formed foam.
The wind rippled the surface of the water.
The waves are high today.
The waves are high.
The ship cut her way through the waves.
The waves are rising.