Illustration: At a Japanese school science bench, a pupil presses a simple switch closed in a clearly traceable circuit joining a battery, insulated wires, a small bulb, and an analog meter. The bulb glows and the meter needle sits away from its resting position on an unlettered scale.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

電でん流りゅう

denryuu

electric current

Example sentences

電流でんりゅうが流ながれる電線でんせんにコイルを近ちかづけると、コイルにも電気でんきが流ながれます。
When a coil is moved near to a wire with current flowing in it current flows in the coil as well.
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電流でんりゅうは磁力じりょくを発生はっせいすることができる。
An electric current can generate magnetism.
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理科りかの授業じゅぎょうで、豆電球まめでんきゅうに流ながれる電流でんりゅうを測はかりました。
In science class, we measured the electric current flowing through a small light bulb.
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Kanji in 電流

電electricityOnデン
流current; a sinkOnリュウ・ルKunながれる・ながれ・ながす

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