潮しお津つ波なみ

noun

tidal bore; tidal flood; eagre

A tidal phenomenon where the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave or wall of water traveling up a river or narrow bay. The term is somewhat technical; in everyday Japanese, 潮津波 is less common than descriptive phrases.

• 潮しお津つ波なみは、河か口こうで見みられる自し然ぜん現げん象しょうの一ひとつだ。

  A tidal bore is one of the natural phenomena observed at river mouths.

• この川かわでは、満まん潮ちょう時じに潮しお津つ波なみが発はっ生せいすることがある。

  In this river, a tidal bore can occur at high tide.