Meaning

Primary

Stormy Seas

Alternative

Raging Waves

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

A wild wave will make for some stormy seas or raging waves. Don't go out in these kinds of waves.

Reading

あらなみ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings come from the kun'yomi readings of the kanji, 荒 (the secondary reading you learned with this kanji) and 波 (just the vocab version).

Context

Context Sentences

アイツはまだ社会の荒波に揉まれた事のないただの若造だよ。

He is just a young boy who hasn’t been tossed in the stormy seas of life yet.

Kanji Composition