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流れ

ながれ

Readings

ながれ

Meanings

  1. 1.
    nflow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current
  2. 2.
    nflow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency
  3. 3.
    ncourse (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process
  4. 4.
    ngroup of people who remain together after the end of an event
  5. 5.
    ndescent; ancestry; school
  6. 6.
    nforfeiture; foreclosure
  7. 7.
    ncancellation
  8. 8.
    ndrifting; wandering; roaming

Kanji breakdown

流
N410 strokesGrade 3

Example sentences

流れは池に注いでいる。

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'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。

Once things start going this way, in the end they'll all be much of a muchness.

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流れながれ

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

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