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流れ (ながれ) — stream | JLPT N3 · Nihongo Circle

流れ

ながれ

noun

Meanings

1stream
2current
3flow (of a fluid or gas)
4flow (of people, things)
5passage (of time)
6tide
7course (of events)
8(step-by-step) procedure

Example sentence

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.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

流Current, A Sink, Flow10 strokes

More words with 流

流域りゅういき · (river) basinN2 ～流～りゅう · fashionN2 直流ちょくりゅう · direct currentN2 電流でんりゅう · electric currentN2 流す

Full entry on Jisho

ながす ·

to drain

N3

流行るはやる · to be popularN3

下流かりゅう · downstream

海流かいりゅう · ocean currentN1

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