波風|なみかぜnamikaze[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounwind and waves
2. noundiscord; trouble; strife
   波風なみかぜを鎮しずめるにはチーズケーキのお土産みやげが良よいらしいですよ。↗

   A gift of cheesecake is apparently good to soothe discord.
3. nounhardships

• Synonym不和ふわNeutralDiscord or lack of harmony, as in 「家庭不和」; 「波風」 stresses a calm being broken.
• Related相克そうこくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Rivalry between opposing sides locked in struggle, as in 「親子の相克」; 「波風」 focuses on a calm being disturbed.
• Related摩擦まさつNeutralFriction from clashing opinions, as in 「貿易摩擦」; 「波風」 centers on the disturbance itself.
• Related確執かくしつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Long-standing discord in which neither side yields, as in 「兄弟の確執」.
• Related敵対てきたいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Hostility and confrontation; 「波風」 is milder in degree.
• Related不協和音ふきょうわおんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Metaphor for discord within a group, as in 「党内の不協和音」.
• Related葛藤かっとうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Inner conflict or tangled human relations; 「波風」 stresses surface disturbances.
• Related不仲ふなかNeutralBeing on bad terms, as in 「不仲説」; 「波風」 stresses a calm being broken, trouble stirring.
• Related仲違いなかたがいNeutralA falling-out between friends or family, as in 「友達と仲違いする」; 「波風」 refers to the disturbance or trouble that breaks a calm.
• Related間隙かんげきWrittenWritten/formal prose. A gap or crevice, also a rift opening in a relationship; used rarely.
• Related背中合わせせなかあわせNeutralStanding back to back, or by extension good and bad inseparably linked; its uses differ from 「波風」.
• Related不一致ふいっちNeutralDisagreement or mismatch, as in 「意見の不一致」; 「波風」 centers on the disturbance.
• Related不調和ふちょうわWrittenWritten/formal prose. Disharmony or incongruity, things not blending; 「波風」 stresses quarrels and trouble.
• Related軋轢あつれきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Friction or discord, as in 「軋轢が生じる」.
• Related齟齬そごWrittenWritten/formal prose. Accounts or timing that fail to mesh, as in 「認識に齟齬がある」.
• Related風波ふうはWrittenWritten/formal prose. Wind and waves, figuratively quarrels; a synonym of 「波風」 but more literary.
• Related軋みきしみWrittenA creaking sound, figuratively a relationship starting to strain; 「波風」 stresses the disturbance.
• Antonym平穏へいおんNeutralAntonym. Calm and untroubled, the direct opposite of the storms of 「波風」.
• Antonym無風むふうWrittenAntonym, written/formal prose. Windless, figuratively a quiet state with no waves stirred; opposite of 「波風」.

Use 「波風」 for the trouble or discord that breaks a calm; to stir things up, say 「波風を立てる」. For simply being on bad terms pick 「不仲」 or 「不和」; for friction over clashing views, 「摩擦」 or the more literary 「軋轢」. For a falling-out use 「仲違い」, for entrenched stubbornness 「確執」, for open hostility 「敵対」. 「風波」 is a more literary synonym. For calm, the antonym is 「平穏」.

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

1. 波なみが立たつほど激はげしい風かぜ
2. 激はげしい風かぜによって波なみがたつこと。
3. 比喩ひゆ表現ひょうげんとして、争あらそいごと、及およびそれをおこすこと。