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  [(2)なみ]    meaning:  wave  rank: 1
☆ の波 ⇨ 
☆ は波にまれて溺死した ⇨ He was swallowed by waves and drowned
☆ 波のこえる ⇨ I can hear the sound of ocean waves

  [(2)なみ]  [波に乗る]    meaning:  wave  rank: 1
☆ チーム好調の波に乗っている ⇨ The team is riding a wave of good performance, flying high
☆ 彼等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:
  • 津波で家屋流失した ⇨ Houses got washed away by the tsunami
  • 津波で十万罹災した ⇨ 100K people got affected by the tsunami
  • 大きな波乱を呼ん事件 ⇨ An incident that stirred up a big controversy
  • ごと津波にされた ⇨ He was washed away by the tsunami in his car
  • 彼等事業時代の波に乗っ成功した ⇨ Their business ride the wave of the times, took advantage of the trend, and became a big success
  • 試合最後最後波乱が起きた ⇨ There was a huge drama at the very end of the game
  • プラ変形して波打ってしまった ⇨ A plastic plate deformed with heat and became wavy
  • 電波が人体健康ぼす影響 ⇨ The effect radio waves have over human health
  • 彼等は人波にもまれてれになった ⇨ They lost each other in the moving crowd
  • 米国金融危機世界に波及した ⇨ The US financial crisis had a ripple effect to the world
  • 彼等経済波及効果込んプロ野球チーム招聘しようとしている ⇨ They are trying to bring in a pro baseball team hoping for the economic ripple effect
  • その津波は地球半周した ⇨ The tsunami went over a half circle of the earth
  • やかに波打つ ⇨ A gently waving sea
  • は津波で壊滅した ⇨ The town was destroyed by the tsunami
  • くのは津波にして無防備だった ⇨ Many towns were defenseless against tsunami