ウェーキ

noun

wake (of a ship)

Nautical term for the track of disturbed water left behind a moving vessel. Compare 航跡 (こうせき), which is the more general Japanese term for a ship's wake or track.

See also: 航跡

• 船ふねのウェーキが岸きしに打うち寄よせた。

  The ship's wake washed against the shore.