Illustration: Outside a Japanese railway station, several unrelated commuters carry the same unusual plush octopus charm on otherwise different bags. A teenager, an office worker and an older shopper each have one dangling conspicuously from a strap.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

流行はやる

hayaru

to be popular, to be in fashion

Example sentences

近頃ちかごろどんな曲きょくが流行はやってますか。
What kind of songs are popular these days?
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「性差別せいさべつ」という言葉ことばが今いま、流行はやっている。
Terms like "sexism" are now in vogue.
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ロングスカートは流行はやってないよ。
Long skirts are out of fashion now.
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Kanji in 流行

流current; a sinkOnリュウ・ルKunながれる・ながれ・ながす
行go; carry outOnコウ・ギョウ・アンKunいく・ゆく・おこなう

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