Meanings
Readings
Common Words
wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell
Idiomatic expression
ups and downs
(something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; succession of changes
Art, aesthetics
tendency; (new) wave
でんぱ only
radio wave; reception; signal
Slang; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
saying strange things
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll
to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart); to undulate
shock wave
(of clerical script) horizontal lines ending in a noticeable triangular tail
ripple; ring on the water
repercussions
Music
Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
waves that remain after the wind has subsided
よは only
after-effect; aftermath
tsunami; tidal wave
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