波状(はじょう)

はじょう
noun, no-adjective
wavy; wave-shaped; undulating
appearancenature
1. wavy; wave-shaped; undulating
Having the form or pattern of waves; used to describe shapes, patterns, or phenomena that come in successive waves.
波状(はじょう)の模様(もよう)が美(うつく)しい。
The wavy pattern is beautiful.
波状(はじょう)攻撃(こうげき)が続(つづ)いた。
Wave after wave of attacks continued.
地震(じしん)の後(あと)、波状(はじょう)の揺(ゆ)れが何度(なんど)も繰(く)り返(かえ)された。
After the earthquake, undulating tremors repeated many times.

A compound of 波(は) (wave) and 状(じょう) (shape/form). Used both literally for physical wave-like shapes and figuratively for things that come in successive waves. The suffix 状(じょう) is productive and creates adjective-like nouns describing shape: 球状(きゅうじょう) (spherical), 帯状(おびじょう) (belt-shaped), 環状(かんじょう) (ring-shaped).

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 波形(はけい): waveform (more technical, referring to the shape of a signal or wave)
  • 波打(なみう)つ: to undulate; to ripple (verb form)
  • うねり: swell; undulation (more colloquial)

Related Words

Compare: 波形(はけい) (waveform)
Compare: うねり (swell)
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Added 2026.4.19 21:33 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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