- 1. [n] flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current
- 2. [n] flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency
- 3. [n] course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process
- 4. [n] group of people who remain together after the end of an event
- 5. [n] descent; ancestry; school
- 6. [n] {finc} forfeiture; foreclosure
- 7. [n] cancellation — usu. as お流れ
- 8. [n] drifting; wandering; roaming
Kanji in this word
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流
current, a sink, flow, forfeitOn: リュウ (ryuu)、 ル (ru)Kun: なが.れる (naga.reru)、 なが.れ (naga.re)、 なが.す (naga.su)、 -なが.す (-naga.su)
Example Sentences
流れは池に注いでいる。
nagare ha ike ni sosoi deiru .
The stream falls into the pond.
田中さんの教えるのは歴史の流れに逆らう。
tanaka sanno oshie runoha rekishi no nagare ni sakara u .
Tanaka's teaching goes against the stream of history.
こういう流れになると結局、どんぐりの背比べになる。
kouiu nagare ninaruto kekkyoku , dongurino seikurabe ninaru .
Once things start going this way, in the end they'll all be much of a muchness.
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。
shakai ekorojii ga gendai no kankyouhogo no daini no nagare dearutoiu kanten wo tokuni kyouchou shiteokitai .
I would like to put special emphasis on the concept that social ecology is the second school of contemporary environmentalism.