Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 津つ 波なみ が 襲おそ う a tsunami strikes <place>
A massive tsunami struck the coastal town.
津つ 波なみ が 発はっ 生せい する a tsunami occurs (usually after an earthquake)
A tsunami occurred after the earthquake.
津つ 波なみ 警けい 報ほう が 発はつ 令れい される a tsunami warning is issued
A tsunami warning was issued right after the earthquake.
津つ 波なみ に 飲の まれる to be swept away/engulfed by a tsunami
Many houses were swallowed up by the tsunami.
津つ 波なみ が 押お し 寄よ せる a tsunami surges/rushes in
Wave after wave of tsunami surged onto the coast.
Kanji 嘯 roar, howl, recite emotionally 浪 wandering, waves, billows Don't confuse with 津波 is a seismic sea wave triggered by an earthquake or underwater disturbance, while 高潮 is a storm surge caused by low pressure and strong winds.
津波 specifically means a destructive tsunami, whereas 波 is the general term for any wave, from ripples to swells.
津波 refers to a tsunami caused by an earthquake or similar event, while 高波 is simply high or rough sea waves unrelated to seismic activity.
地震 is the shaking of the ground, whereas 津波 is the resulting tsunami wave that a 地震 can trigger.
Word family· 11 tsunami warning
giant tsunami; large tsunami
landslide; mountain tsunami
tidal bore; tidal flood; eagre
storm surge
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Written forms 津つ 波なみ Usage 98%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
海嘯つなみ Usage 1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; Also read かいしょう with a different meaning.
ツナミ Usage <1%
津つ 浪なみ Usage <1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology Compound of 津 (tsu, 'harbor') and 波 (nami, 'wave'). The word originally described waves that were especially dangerous in harbors.
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