防ぼう波は堤てい

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Meanings

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breakwater; mole

A coastal structure built to protect a harbor or shore from waves. 防波堤 is the everyday term; 'mole' is a less common English synonym for a massive breakwater.

港みなとの外そと側がわに長ながい防ぼう波は堤ていが作つくられた。
A long breakwater was built outside the harbor.
防ぼう波は堤ていの上うえを散さん歩ぽする人ひとも多おおい。
Many people also take walks on the breakwater.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に防ぼう波は堤ていを築きずくto build a breakwater at a place
港みなとの入いり口ぐちに防ぼう波は堤ていを築きずいた。
They built a breakwater at the harbor entrance.
波なみが防ぼう波は堤ていに打うち寄よせるwaves crash against the breakwater
大おおきな波なみが防ぼう波は堤ていに打うち寄よせていた。
Large waves were crashing against the breakwater.
〈事こと〉の防ぼう波は堤ていとなるto serve as a bulwark or buffer against something
その法ほう律りつは不ふ正せいな取とり引ひきの防ぼう波は堤ていとなっている。
That law serves as a bulwark against fraudulent transactions.