寄よせては返かえす

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

ebb and flow; wash in and out

Describes waves repeatedly breaking on the shore and retreating. Often used in literary or poetic contexts to evoke a rhythmic, cyclical motion.

• 波なみが寄よせては返かえす音おとを聞ききながら、砂すな浜はまを歩あるいた。

  I walked along the sandy beach while listening to the sound of waves ebbing and flowing.

• 寄よせては返かえす波なみのように、人じん生せいには良よい時ときも悪わるい時ときもある。

  Like the ebb and flow of waves, life has its ups and downs.