波打つ・波うつ|なみうつnamiutsu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

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波打つ波打つ uses a kanji-and-kana spelling and is the most common written form. It covers all the senses in the entry, including descriptions of waves, billowing, rolling, or waving.
波うつ波うつ is another kanji-and-kana spelling of the same word, but it is less common than 波打つ. Beginners should generally prefer 波打つ.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart); to undulate
    彼女かのじょは胸むねを波打なみうたせた。↗
    She heaved her chest.
Conjugation
Dictionary form波打つ(なみうつ)
Polite (masu)波打ちます(なみうちます)
Negative (nai)波打たない(なみうたない)
polite (masen)波打ちません(なみうちません)
classical zu / nu波打たず・波打たぬ(なみうたず・なみうたぬ)
Past (ta)波打った(なみうった)
polite (mashita)波打ちました(なみうちました)
Past negative (nakatta)波打たなかった(なみうたなかった)
polite (masen deshita)波打ちませんでした(なみうちませんでした)
Te form波打って(なみうって)
Potential波打てる(なみうてる)
Passive波打たれる(なみうたれる)
Causative波打たせる(なみうたせる)
Causative passive波打たせられる・波打たされる(なみうたせられる・なみうたされる)
Conditional (ba)波打てば(なみうてば)
tara波打ったら(なみうったら)
Volitional波打とう(なみうとう)
polite (mashou)波打ちましょう(なみうちましょう)
Imperative波打て(なみうて)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related畝るうねるWrittenWritten/formal prose. Describes winding, undulating movement — a road snaking along or long swells — stressing continuous curving, as in 「うねる山道」「波がうねる」.
  • Related波立つなみだつNeutralNeutral. For waves rising or ripples forming on water, and figuratively for turmoil, as in 「心が波立つ」; leans toward surface ripples rather than billowing.

Use 「波打つ」 for waves dashing or for anything moving in waves, as in 「胸が波打つ」「波打つ髪」. 「波立つ」 is for ripples rising on water, or trouble stirring (「心が波立つ」); written 「うねる」 is for long, winding undulation like 「うねる山道」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 波なみが立たって寄よせる。波なみがうねる。
  2. 波なみが立たつように起伏きふくを繰り返くりかえしながら揺ゆれる。
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