余よ波は

also: なごり · なごろ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

lingering waves; swell after wind subsides

Literal maritime sense: waves that continue after the wind has died down. Rare in everyday conversation; mostly found in nautical or literary contexts.

台たい風ふうが過すぎ去さった後あとも、余よ波はで海うみはまだ荒あれていた。
Even after the typhoon passed, the sea was still rough with lingering waves.

noun

aftermath; after-effect; repercussions

Only with reading よは

Figurative use: the indirect consequences or lingering effects of an event, often negative. Common in news and formal writing.

金きん融ゆう危き機きの余よ波はは、まだ世せ界かい中じゅうに広ひろがっている。
The aftermath of the financial crisis is still spreading around the world.
その不ふ祥しょう事じの余よ波はで、会かい社しゃの株かぶ価かが急きゅう落らくした。
In the aftermath of the scandal, the company's stock price plummeted.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の余よ波はを受うけるto be affected by the after-effects of something
台たい風ふうの余よ波はを受うけて、電でん車しゃが運うん休きゅうした。
The trains were suspended due to the aftermath of the typhoon.
〈事こと〉の余よ波はで〜as a result of the repercussions of something
不ふ況きょうの余よ波はで、多おおくの企き業ぎょうが倒とう産さんした。
Many companies went bankrupt as a result of the recession's repercussions.
余よ波はが及およぶfor the repercussions to reach or spread to
その事じ件けんの余よ波はは隣りん国ごくにも及およんだ。
The repercussions of the incident even reached the neighboring country.

Kanji

余too much, myself, surplus
波waves, billows, Poland

Related words

影えい響きょうN3sense 2
影響 is the general word for any influence or effect, while 余波 specifically points to the lingering, often negative, after-effects that trail an event.
波は紋もん sense 2
波紋 describes the spreading ripples of reaction an event causes, whereas 余波 focuses on the residual impact felt afterward.
煽あおり sense 2
あおり is a colloquial way to say one got caught up in someone else's trouble, while 余波 is the more formal, written-style term for such secondary effects.

Don't confuse with

名残なごりN1sense 1
名残 (なごり) means a nostalgic remnant or vestige of something past, while 余波 read なごり is a rare, purely literal term for lingering waves, so the two overlap only in reading, not meaning.

Written forms

余波Usage100%
- よは
  Standard kanji spelling for both the literal wave sense and the figurative aftermath sense.
- なごり
- なごろ
  out-dated reading
なごり
Rare kana spelling for the literal wave sense; the reading なごり is more commonly associated with 名残 (remnants, vestiges).
なごろ
out-dated reading
Obsolete kana spelling for the literal wave sense.

Etymology

Compound of 余 (leftover, remaining) and 波 (wave). The figurative sense developed from the literal image of waves persisting after a storm.