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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:
  • 米国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
  • は津波で壊滅した ⇨ The town was destroyed by the tsunami
  • は波にまれた ⇨ The boat was swallowed in waves
  • 彼等は津波の危険軽視していた ⇨ They were underestimating the danger of tsunami
  • 地震で津波がこった ⇨ The tsunami was caused by an earthquake
  • 海岸打ち寄せる波 ⇨ Waves coming over to the beach
  • 米国金融危機世界に波及した ⇨ The US financial crisis had a ripple effect to the world
  • 津波で多数犠牲者た ⇨ The tsunami claimed many victims
  • 彼等は人波にもまれてれになった ⇨ They lost each other in the moving crowd
  • とは波長がわない ⇨ He and I are on different wavelengths
  • くの人達が津波でされた ⇨ Many people got washed away by the tsunami
  • 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
  • 電磁波 ⇨ An electromagnetic wave
  • 国全体で波紋を呼ん事件 ⇨ An incident that caused ripples, a shockwave, throughout the nation
  • 彼女は波乱万生涯送った ⇨ She lived an eventful life