打うち寄よせる

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 波なみが〈場ば所しょ〉に打うち寄よせるwaves break/wash onto a place (e.g. shore)

  白しろい波なみが静しずかに岸きしに打うち寄よせていた。

  White waves were quietly washing onto the shore.

• 〈物もの〉が浜はまに打うち寄よせるsomething is washed ashore onto the beach

  台たい風ふうの後あと、たくさんの貝かい殻がらが浜はまに打うち寄よせた。

  After the typhoon, many seashells were washed up onto the beach.

• 〈人ひと〉が〈場ば所しょ〉に打うち寄よせるa crowd surges forward like a wave toward a place

  開かい店てんを待まつ客きゃくが入いり口ぐちに打うち寄よせた。

  The customers waiting for the store to open surged toward the entrance.