► 名詞
波 [(2)なみ] meaning: wave rank: 1
☆ 人の波 ⇨
☆ 彼は波に飲まれて溺死した ⇨ He was swallowed by waves and drowned
☆ 波の音が聞こえる ⇨ I can hear the sound of ocean waves
波 [(2)なみ] [波に乗る] meaning: wave rank: 1
☆ チームは好調の波に乗っている ⇨ The team is riding a wave of good performance, flying high
☆ 彼等は時代の波に乗り遅れた ⇨ They have failed to ride the wave of the times, keep abreast with the times
More examples:
- 津波で多数の犠牲者が出た ⇨ The tsunami claimed many victims
- 米国の金融危機の余波が日本にも及んだ ⇨ The ripple effect of the US financial crisis reached Japan
- 彼は時代の波に乗り遅れた ⇨ He was late to catch the tide of the times
- その津波は地球を半周した ⇨ The tsunami went over a half circle of the earth
- ボートが波に翻弄されて生きた心地がしなかった ⇨ The boat was tossed around in the wave and I didn’t feel like I was alive, I thought I was going to die
- 彼の家は津波で跡形も無く破壊された ⇨ His house was destroyed without any trace by tsunami
- 波立てるような発言はするべきでない ⇨ You should not make comments that cause wave, stir things up
- 海岸に打ち寄せる波 ⇨ Waves coming over to the beach
- 社会の荒波に揉まれたことがない人 ⇨ A person who have never been tossed around by the rough sea, experienced the tough reality of society
- 波の飛沫 ⇨ Splash of wave
- 彼等は人波にもまれて離れ離れになった ⇨ They lost each other in the moving crowd
- 津波は高さ40メートルに達した ⇨ The tsunami reached 40 meters high
- 彼等は津波の危険を軽視していた ⇨ They were underestimating the danger of tsunami
- 余計な波風を立てるな ⇨ Don’t create unnecessary waves and winds. Don’t upset the applecart
- 日本海の荒々しい波 ⇨ Violent waves of the Sea of Japan