Keyword
a wave
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig866
Readings
なみ
(49%)
(35%)
(11%)
(2%)
(1%)
Composed of
water drops
skin (of an animal or a plant)
Used in kanji (2 in total)
old woman
spinach
Used in vocabulary (431 in total)
wave; ups and downs
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
Examples (42 in total)
The waves are high today.
Light and sound travel in waves.
He had the sensation that he was still on the waves.
The waves are rising.
The waves are high.
A child was washed away by the wave!
Waves of joy drift through my opened heart.
His mobile phone produced radio emissions that interfered with other phones.
The waves swallowed up the boat.
The earthquake caused a tsunami of immense size.
A tsunami is coming, so please be on the alert.
Tom's house was destroyed by a tsunami.
Beaches in Hawaii are famous for their large waves.
I wonder why it is that the sound of waves is so pleasant to the ear.
Nothing was to be heard except the sound of the waves.
Violet light has a shorter wavelength than red light.
Can you hear the noise of the waves on the beach?
Wave after wave surged upon the beach.
The waves sprayed the rocks with water.
Liu Xiaobo is Chinese.
A big wave swept the man off the boat.
The ship encountered rough seas.
A big wave turned the ferry over.
The boat was at the mercy of the waves.
The ship was drifting at the mercy of the waves.
The ship was at the mercy of the waves.
The ship is at the mercy of the waves.
The waves washed upon the rocks.
A big wave turned over his canoe.
Please be careful of gales and large waves.
The abolition of slavery in Europe eventually reached America.
A cold wave hit this district.
A cold wave passed over Japan.
Are you ready for cold weather?
His life was full of ups and downs.
His life is full of ups and downs.
Gravitational waves are very hard to detect.
During the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, the height of the tsunami waves reached up to 37.9 meters.
That high mountain is Mt. Tsukuba.
The ship cut her way through the waves.
Her action is still making waves in Japanese society.
The bursting of Japan's so-called bubble economy sent shock waves through international markets.