NichiDict

N3
なみ
[nami]
Illustration for 浪

Meanings

1.Noun

wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell

2.Noun

ups and downs

3.Noun

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

4.Noun

art, aestheticstendency; (new) wave

Other Readings

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Examples

台風が近づいてが高くなっている。

The waves are getting higher as the typhoon approaches.

穏やかなの音を聞きながら眠った。

I fell asleep listening to the gentle sound of waves.

に足をさらわれそうになって驚いた。

I was startled when a wave almost swept me off my feet.