Nami

JLPT N3

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波 (Nami) is a Japanese noun meaning “wave, billow, ripple, breaker”.

Meanings

  1. nounwave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell
  2. nounups and downs
  3. noun(something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; succession of changes
  4. nountendency; (new) wave

Examples

  • The waves are rising.

  • The waves are high today.

  • The waves are subsiding.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 波

waves

Related words

Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)radio waveronincold waveromance (e.g. Arthurian romances)traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabarybrain waveswaves that remain after the wind has subsidedtsunamidisturbancefrequency (esp. of waveforms)high waves