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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:
  • くのは津波にして無防備だった ⇨ Many towns were defenseless against tsunami
  • 数人が高波にさらわれた ⇨ A couple people got swept away by high waves
  • 今日は波がい ⇨ Waves are rough today
  • その津波は地球半周した ⇨ The tsunami went over a half circle of the earth
  • 音波は水中ではわらない ⇨ Sound waves won’t travel well in water
  • 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
  • ごと津波にされた ⇨ He was washed away by the tsunami in his car
  • 津波でくのされた ⇨ Many houses were washed away 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
  • 津波で多数犠牲者た ⇨ The tsunami claimed many victims
  • 津波で十万罹災した ⇨ 100K people got affected by the tsunami
  • 電波が人体健康ぼす影響 ⇨ The effect radio waves have over human health
  • 時代の波に乗り遅れた ⇨ He was late to catch the tide of the times
  • は波にまれた ⇨ The boat was swallowed in waves
  • 彼等は人波にもまれてれになった ⇨ They lost each other in the moving crowd