なみうつ – Vocabulary details

なみうつ

Verb (5-dan, つ, intransitive)

1. to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll

夜よるの海うみが、ゆっくりと波なみ打うっている。The sea at night is slowly rolling.

2. to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart); to undulate

まず、美うつくしく波なみ打うつ黒くろ髪かみが見みえた。First, I saw beautifully wavy black hair.

な

みう

つ

wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

wavy hair

表ひょう面めんがなみうっている。

The surface is undulating.

海かい面めんがなみうつ。

The surface of the sea rolls.

夜よるの海うみが、ゆっくりとなみうっている。

The sea at night is slowly rolling.

jpdb beta