逆さか巻まく

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

surge; swell; rage

Describes water or waves rising violently, often with a sense of churning or rolling backward. Commonly used in literary or dramatic descriptions of the sea, rivers, or floods.

• 嵐あらしで海うみが逆さか巻まいている。

  The sea is surging because of the storm.

• 大おお雨あめの後あと、川かわが逆さか巻まいて危き険けんだった。

  After the heavy rain, the river was raging and dangerous.