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波打ち際 (なみうちぎわ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

波なみ打うち際ぎわ

な

み

う

ち

ぎ

わ

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

noun

water's edge; beach; foreshore

Refers to the strip of shore where waves wash up; often used in descriptive or literary contexts.

波なみ打うち際ぎわを裸足はだしで歩あるくのが好すきだ。
I like walking barefoot along the water's edge.
波なみ打うち際ぎわに

貝かい

殻がら

が

たくさん

落お

ち

て

い

た

。

Many shells had washed up on the foreshore.

Written forms

波なみ打うち際ぎわ
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
波なみ打うち際ぎわ
Variant without okurigana ち; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

波waves, billows, Poland
打strike, hit, knock
際occasion, side, edge

Similar words

渚なぎさ
渚 is a more poetic or literary term for the water's edge or beach, often used in classical or elegant contexts, while 波打ち際 is a descriptive compound focusing on the wave action.
海かい岸がん
海岸 is the general term for 'coast' or 'seashore', broader in scope; 波打ち際 specifically refers to the narrow zone where waves break.

Etymology

Compound of 波打ち (namiuchi, 'wave breaking') + 際 (giwa, 'edge, verge'). The reading なみうちぎわ is a straightforward combination of its parts.