Word details
流れ
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 流れ.
Dictionary
Entry
1
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current
Examples
流れは池に注いでいる。
The stream falls into the pond.
2
flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency
Examples
田中さんの教えるのは歴史の流れに逆らう。
Tanaka's teaching goes against the stream of history.
3
course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process
Examples
こういう流れになると結局、どんぐりの背比べになる。
Once things start going this way, in the end they'll all be much of a muchness.
4
group of people who remain together after the end of an event
5
descent; ancestry; school
Examples
社会エコロジーが現代の環境保護の第２の流れであるという観点を特に強調しておきたい。
I would like to put special emphasis on the concept that social ecology is the second school of contemporary environmentalism.
6
Finance
forfeiture; foreclosure
7
Usu. as お流れ
cancellation
8
drifting; wandering; roaming
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
流
current, a sink, flow, forfeit
10 strokesFrequency 280JLPT N2Grade 3
On
リュウル
Kun
なが.れるなが.れなが.す-なが.す
Nanori
なながれめぐる
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