Illustration: From an elevated hillside, a continuous Japanese river can be followed from a steep mountain valley, through a broad gravel-lined bend nearby, and onward across a distant flat agricultural plain.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

中ちゅう流りゅう

chuuryuu

middle course of a river

Also means middle class in other contexts. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 「天神川てんじんかわ」の名なは、中流ちゅうりゅうで北野天満宮きたのてんまんぐうの西にしを流ながれていることによる。

    The name of 'Tenjin-gawa River' is given because its middlestream portion flows on the west side of Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 成魚せいぎょが生息せいそくするのは川かわの中流ちゅうりゅうから下流かりゅう、河口かこう、湖みずうみなどだが、内湾ないわんにも生息せいそくしている。

    The adult fish live in rivers from mid-stream to down stream as well as in estuaries and lakes, but they also live in inner bays.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. また、この鵜飼うかいが行おこなわれる長良川ながらがわ中流ちゅうりゅう域いきは1985年ねん「名水百選めいすいひゃくせん」に選定せんていされた。

    The middle reaches of Nagara-gawa River where ukai is conducted was selected in 1985 as one of 'the best 100 natural water sources in Japan.'

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 中流

  • 中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる
  • 流current; a sinkOnリュウ・ルKunながれる・ながれ・ながす

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