Kanji

流

流

current, a sink, flow, forfeit

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

リュウ, ル

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ながれる, ながれ, ながす, -ながす

Nanori (Name Reading)

しく, とも, はる

Common Readings

リュウ, ル, なが…す, なが…れる

Example sentences

流れる ながれる
川が流れている。

The river is flowing.

川 かわ
この川は街の中を流れている。

This river flows through the city.

流す ながす
彼は運動の後にシャワーで汗を流した。

He washed away the sweat with a shower after exercising.

場面 ばめん
映画の最後の場面で、多くの観客が涙を流した。

At the last scene of the movie, many audience members shed tears.

流れ ながれ
会話の流れを理解することが重要だ。

It is important to understand the flow of the conversation.

逆らう さからう
時代の流れに逆らって生きるのは難しい。

It is difficult to live against the flow of the times.

合流 ごうりゅう
私たちは駅の改札口で合流した。

We met up at the station ticket gate.

流石に さすがに
流石に彼でもこれには驚いたようだ。

Even he seemed surprised by this.

流 りゅう
これは私流の料理の作り方です。

This is my own style of cooking.

宝生 ほうしょう
彼は宝生流の能楽師として知られている

He is known as a Noh performer of the Hōshō school.

Example Vocabulary

流れる

ながれる

to flow; to run; to stream

流す

ながす

to pour; to let flow; to wash away; to broadcast

流れ

ながれ

flow; current; trend; sequence; lineage

合流

ごうりゅう

merging; joining; meeting up

流石に

さすがに

as expected; truly; even so; still

流

りゅう

style; school; way of doing

涙を流す

なみだをながす

to shed tears; to cry; to weep

交流

こうりゅう

interaction; exchange; alternating current (AC)

一流

いちりゅう

first-class; top-notch; leading

流れ込む

ながれこむ

to flow into; to stream into; to pour into

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