荒波|あらなみaranami[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectiveraging waves; stormy seas
   その船ふねは荒波あらなみにあった。↗

   The ship encountered rough seas.
2. nounhardships; troubles; adversities

• Related苦難くなんNeutralDenotes suffering or trials, as in 「苦難を乗り越える」; 「荒波」 typically appears as 「世の荒波」 to evoke the harshness of society.
• Related難儀なんぎNeutralCovers suffering and hardship, but also things that are simply a bother, as in 「難儀な話」; 「荒波」 is chiefly a metaphor for the harsh trials of life.
• Antonym凪なぎNeutralRefers to a calm sea, and figuratively to peaceful, uneventful times — the direct opposite of the raging 「荒波」.

Use 「荒波」 for raging seas or, figuratively, the harsh trials of society, as in 「世の荒波にもまれる」; for hardship in general pick 「苦難」, and for calm, untroubled times 「凪」.

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1. 荒れ狂あれくるう波なみ。激浪げきろう。早波さわ。
2. 世の中よのなかの辛つらさ、厳きびしさを表あらわした例たとえ。