なみ
Meanings
Noun
1. wave
2. ups and downs
Kanji used
a wave
Pitch accent
Top 2300
Used in vocabulary (73 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)
① 地震の発生や海底火山の噴火、隕石の落下などによって起こる、波長の長い波の総称。山津波、風津波、地震津波など。② 1.のうち特に、地震による波。地震津波。
roar of waves
Examples (12 in total)
The waves are high.
The waves are rising.
The waves are high today.
A child was washed away by the wave!
The waves washed upon the rocks.
Wave after wave surged upon the beach.
Light and sound travel in waves.
The waves swallowed up the boat.
Beaches in Hawaii are famous for their large waves.
The boat was at the mercy of the waves.
Waves of joy drift through my opened heart.
He had the sensation that he was still on the waves.