waves, billows, Poland

8 strokesFrequency 740JLPT N2Grade 3

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Nanori

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Dictionary

Common Words

NounFreq #2273
1

wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell

Examples
くだけるが泡を作った。
The breaking waves formed foam.
2

Idiomatic expression

ups and downs

3

(something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; succession of changes

4

Art, aesthetics

tendency; (new) wave

電波んぱデムパデンパNounFreq #8603
1

でんぱ only

radio wave; reception; signal

Examples
彼の携帯電話は他の電話を妨害する電波を出した。
His mobile phone produced radio emissions that interfered with other phones.
2

Slang; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

saying strange things

波打つ波うつみうIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #9252
1

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

2

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

Examples
彼女は胸を波打たせた
She heaved her chest.
衝撃波ょうげきはNounFreq #11129
1

shock wave

Examples
日本のいわゆるバブル経済の崩壊は、国際市場に衝撃波を広げました。
The bursting of Japan's so-called bubble economy sent shock waves through international markets.
Freq #11901
1

Counter

counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)

波磔たくNounFreq #12033
1

(of clerical script) horizontal lines ending in a noticeable triangular tail

波動どうNoun~の Adj.Freq #12247
1

wave motion; undulation; surge

2

Physics

wave

波紋もんNounFreq #12708
1

ripple; ring on the water

Examples
石が池に波紋を描いた。
The stone started ripples in the pond.
2

repercussions

3

Music

Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound

余波ごりなごろNounFreq #14077
1

waves that remain after the wind has subsided

2

よは only

after-effect; aftermath

Examples
台風の余波で2日間停電した。
There was no electricity for two days in the aftermath of the typhoon.
津波なみ津浪海嘯NounFreq #14729
1

tsunami; tidal wave

Examples
津波で流されてしまったのです。
It is carried away by tidal waves.

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