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波
なみ
N3
noun
Meanings
1
wave
2
billow
3
ripple
4
ups and downs
5
(something) advancing step by step
6
(something) surging forward inopposably
7
succession of changes
8
tendency
Example sentence
喜びの波は解き放たれた私の心を漂う。
Waves of joy drift through my opened heart.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 波 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
波
Waves, Billows, Poland
8 strokes
More words with
波
電波
でんぱ ·
electro-magnetic wave
N2
津波
つなみ ·
tsunami
N1
波乱
はらん ·
disturbance
波紋
はもん ·
ripple
波長
はちょう ·
wavelength
波及
Full entry on Jisho
はきゅう ·
spread
難波
なにわ ·
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
周波数
しゅうはすう ·
frequency (esp. of waveforms)
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