波打つ・波うつ|なみうつnamiutsu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, intransitive verbto dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll
- godan verb, intransitive verbto wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart); to undulate
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.
- 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」.
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