JLPT N3 · Noun

波 (nami)

波 (なみ, nami) is a Japanese noun meaning “wave; billow”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
なみ
Romaji
nami
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell · noun
  2. ups and downs · noun · idiom
  3. (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; succession of changes · noun
  4. tendency; (new) wave · noun

Example sentences

くだける波が泡を作った。
The breaking waves formed foam.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 波

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 波.

Source: JMdict entry 1470970 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.