波【なみ】
Frequency rank: 3,712. – 3,719.
- wave
- ups and downsidiomatic expression
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- wave
- ups and downs
This refers to the movement of water in the ocean or sea.
Waves were spreading on the surface of the water.
This can also refer to fluctuations or variations in a situation, such as in business or emotions.
Generated collocations (experimental)
なみ波をたてる立てるto create wavesおおきな大きななみ波big waveなみのおと波の音sound of the wavesなみにのる波に乗るto ride the wavesなみ波があるto have ups and downsうみ海のなみ波ocean wavesはどう波動wave motionなみ波をひく引くto pull back the wavesなみ波のえいきょう影響influence of wavesなみ波のようにlike a waveなみ波をきく聞くto listen to the wavesなみ波のかたち形shape of the waveかんじょう感情のなみ波emotional ups and downs
Example sentences
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He was carried by the waves away from the shore and out to sea.
Nothing was to be heard except the sound of the waves.