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incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants

discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence

source (e.g. of a river); headwaters

origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)

mountain stream; mountain torrent

trend of the times; way things are going

gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting

tributary; branch

self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style

main course (of a river)

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)

dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually

one's own style; self-taught manner

exile; banishment

ascending air current; updraft

upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.

fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs

swift current; rapids

main faction

discharge (e.g. of water from a dam)

release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish)

Archaic

banishment; exile

sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current

Often used before a job title, etc.

woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)

high-voltage current; high-tension current

person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)

cancellation; abandonment

upper classes

(air) turbulence; turbulent air

avalanche of earth and rocks; debris flow; mudslide; landslide