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)
tsunami; tidal wave
roar of waves
ripple (on water); wavelets
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
billow; surge; large wave
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
ripples on a river
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension
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
giant tsunami; giant tidal wave
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
old age; oncoming age
sea spray; spindrift
sea spray; spindrift
to cut one's way through the waves
rising sea waves from late May to early June
transverse wave; beam sea
backwash; rip current; stern wave; drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest)
sea route
sea wall; breakwater
rough waves; raging waves; stormy seas
choppy sea; chopping waves; triangle wave
corrugated sheet; corrugated plate
high waves which rise during the dog days of summer
salt; crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter
breaker; breaking wave; broken sea
incoming wave; surf; swash; comber; beachcomber
longitudinal wave
wave dash (punctuation); tilde
(seaside) breakers
sea wall; breakwater
offing 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 (12 in total)
The waves are high.
The waves are rising.
The waves are high today.