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
- wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell · noun
- ups and downs · noun · idiom
- (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; succession of changes · noun
- tendency; (new) wave · noun
Example sentences
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.