濤とう声せい

noun

sound of waves breaking on the shore

Formal, literary term for the sound of waves, especially as they crash onto the shore. Rare in everyday speech; more common in poetry or descriptive prose.

• 夜よるの静しずけさの中なかで、遠とおくから濤とう声せいが聞きこえてきた。

  In the stillness of the night, the sound of waves could be heard from afar.