waves, billows

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なみ

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

怒涛怒濤とうFreq #20014
1

Common noun

surging waves; raging billows

2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous; chaotic

うとう滔々~と AdverbUsually kanaFreq #25855
1

'taru' adjective

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); voluminously flowing

2

'taru' adjective

(speak) eloquently; fluently; spout forth (a torrent of speech)

3

'taru' adjective

flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

波濤波涛とうNounFreq #38268
1

surging sea; rough sea; large waves

怒涛の勢い怒濤の勢いどとうのいきおいExpressionFreq #49918
1

with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; with the force of surging waves

Examples
彼の出世は怒濤の勢いだ。
His career is progressing in leaps and bounds.
疾風怒濤疾風怒涛っぷうどとうNoun四字熟語Freq #81127
1

storm and stress; Sturm und Drang

松濤松涛ょうとうNounFreq #95196
1

sound of wind rustling in the pine needles (like waves)

狂瀾怒涛狂瀾怒濤ょうらんどとうNoun四字熟語Freq #143076
1

maelstrom; the state of affairs being in great turmoil

濤声とうせいNounFreq #152424
1

Formal or literary term; Rare term

sound of waves (breaking onto shore)

風濤風涛うとうNounFreq #218434
1

wind and waves

2

waves stirred by the wind

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