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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

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

打つうつみう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)

たくNounFreq #12033
1

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

どうNoun~の Adj.Freq #12247
1

wave motion; undulation; surge

2

Physics

wave

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

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.
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.
らんNounFreq #18130
1

disturbance; trouble; commotion; uproar; turmoil

2

ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes

3

Obsolete term; Orig. meaning

small and large waves

となみNounFreq #21477
1

surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede

ちょうNounFreq #21773
1

wavelength

Examples
ジャンスキーが観測したのは銀河系の中心核からの波長14.6mの電波であった。
What Jansky had observed was the 14.6m wavelength radio wave from the Milky Way's core.
らなみNounFreq #24566
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

raging waves; stormy seas

Examples
その船は荒波にあった。
The ship encountered rough seas.
2

hardships; troubles; adversities

立つみだIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #24807
1

to be choppy (of waves); to be rough; to run high; to billow; to swell; to ripple

Examples
ボートは波立つ水の上で揺れ動いた。
The boat danced on the choppy water.
2

to wave (e.g. in the wind); to beat fast (of a heart)

3

to be in turmoil; to be in discord; to have troubles; to experience problems

さざざなみささなみ (漣/小/細波)NounFreq #25084
1

ripple (on water); wavelets

Examples
そよ風で池の面にさざ波が立った。
A gentle wind made ripples on the surface of the pond.
2

ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance; discord; friction

おなみNounFreq #27250
1

billow; surge; large wave

Examples
大波で彼らのボートは転覆した。
The huge waves upset their boat.
うはていNounFreq #28411
1

breakwater; mole

Examples
波が激しく防波堤にぶつかった。
The waves dashed against the seawall.
電磁んじNounFreq #28759
1

Physics

electromagnetic wave

Examples
一日中コンピューターに向かってるから、結構電磁波浴びてる。
I sit in front of a computer screen all day, so I get pretty heavily bombarded by electro-magnetic waves.
ゅうはすうNounFreq #28940
1

frequency (esp. of waveforms)

Examples
周波数の平均値は振幅の増大にしたがって減じる。
The mean value of the frequency decreases with increasing amplitude.
かぜNounFreq #29055
1

wind and waves

2

discord; trouble; strife

Examples
波風を鎮めるにはチーズケーキのお土産が良いらしいですよ。
A gift of cheesecake is apparently good to soothe discord.
3

hardships

うはNounFreq #30149
1

brain waves

Examples
REM睡眠中の脳波は起きている時と同じ脳波であり、夢を見るステージです。
The brain waves during REM sleep are the same as when awake, and it's the stage when you have dreams.
2

Medicine

electroencephalogram; EEG

Examples
脳波をとります。
I'll take your EEG.
超音ょうおんぱNounPrefixFreq #31362
1

ultrasonic waves; ultrasound

イロハ伊呂以呂色葉NounUsually kanaFreq #32074
1

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary

2

fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

Examples
商売のいろはも知らない。
I don't know the ABC of business.