大波(おおなみ)

おおなみ
noun
big wave; large wave
1. big wave; large wave; billow
A physically large ocean or sea wave.
大波(おおなみ)が来(き)た。
A big wave came.
台風(たいふう)で海(うみ)に大波(おおなみ)が立(た)っている。
Large waves are rising in the sea because of the typhoon.
サーファーたちが大波(おおなみ)に乗(の)ろうと沖(おき)に向(む)かった。
The surfers headed offshore to ride the big waves.
2. surge; great wave (figurative)
A powerful force or trend that sweeps through, used metaphorically for social, economic, or emotional upheaval.
変化(へんか)の大波(おおなみ)が押(お)し寄(よ)せている。
A great wave of change is sweeping in.
不況(ふきょう)の大波(おおなみ)が中小企業(ちゅうしょうきぎょう)を飲(の)み込(こ)んだ。
The wave of recession engulfed small and medium enterprises.
グローバル化(か)の大波(おおなみ)は日本(にほん)の産業(さんぎょう)にも大(おお)きな影響(えいきょう)を与(あた)えた。
The great wave of globalization had a major impact on Japanese industry as well.

大波(おおなみ) literally means "big wave" (大(おお) + 波(なみ)) but is also widely used figuratively for powerful trends or forces.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 大波(おおなみ)が立(た)つ: large waves rise
  • 大波(おおなみ)に乗(の)る: ride a big wave; ride a wave (of change)
  • 大波(おおなみ)が押(お)し寄(よ)せる: a great wave surges in
  • 大波(おおなみ)に飲(の)まれる: be swallowed by a big wave
  • 大波(おおなみ)小波(こなみ): ups and downs; rough patches and calm ones

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 荒波(あらなみ): rough waves; stormy seas — emphasizes roughness and turbulence rather than size
  • 高波(たかなみ): high wave — often used in weather warnings for dangerously high surf
  • 津波(つなみ): tsunami — a seismic sea wave, distinct from ordinary large waves
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