It stands for "wave" or "surge" as in Tsunami.
The Japanese word 'nami' translates to English as 'wave'.
It stands for "wave" or "surge" as in Tsunami.
Tsunami
Wave is 'nami' in Japanese, as in 'tsunami' (tidal wave).
Wave
nami - wave as in "an ocean wave"yuriugokasu - wave as in "wave goodbye"
Tsunami comes from Japan. TSU means big and Nami means water. Big Water.
nami = wave p.s please say happy birthday to me on 13.11.09 thanks bye!
The term tsunami comes from the Japanese meaning harbor ("tsu", 津) and wave ("nami", 波). [a. Jap. tsunami, tunami, f. tsu harbour + nami waves.-Oxford English Dictionary]. For the plural, one can either follow ordinary English practice and add an s, or use an invariable plural as in Japanese. From Wikipedia.
'Overflowing wave' may be either あふれている波 (afureteiru nami) or あふれるような波 (afureru you na nami) when translated into Japanese.
Nami, the character from the Japanese TV show One Piece, has a special skill that allows her to instruct the climate. She uses this to attack her enemies, creating weather-based attacks.
The word "tsunami" is of Japanese origin. The word is a combination of the Japanese characters "tsu," meaning "harbor," and "nami," meaning "wave." Written in Japanese, the word looks like this: 津波