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打ち寄せる (うちよせる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

打うち寄よせる

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ち

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る

JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb

break onto shore; wash ashore; surge forward

Primarily used for waves, water, or things carried by water moving onto land. Can also describe a crowd or force surging forward like a wave.

大おおきな波なみが砂すな浜はまに打うち寄よせた。
Large waves broke onto the sandy beach.
海かい岸がんに打うち寄よせられた流りゅう木ぼくを集

あつ

め

た

。

We gathered driftwood that had washed ashore.

群ぐん衆しゅうがステージに打うち寄よせるように押おし寄よせた。

The crowd surged forward toward the stage like a wave.

Written forms

打うち寄よせるUsage92%
Standard kanji spelling for waves breaking on shore or surging forward.
うちよせるUsage8%
うち寄よせる
Common variant with the first character in kana.

Kanji

打strike, hit, knock
寄draw near, stop in, bring near

Similar words

押おし寄よせる
押し寄せる is more general for crowds, armies, or abstract forces advancing, while 打ち寄せる strongly implies a wave-like motion, especially of water.

Etymology

Compound of 打ち (uchi, 'striking') + 寄せる (yoseru, 'to bring near, to let come close'). The 打ち prefix adds a sense of forceful or sudden action, giving the meaning of something striking and then drawing near, like waves hitting the shore.