Illustration: A shallow stream runs beside a residential footpath, its clear water dividing around a rounded stone and joining again downstream. Several fallen leaves travel in the same direction, while submerged grasses bend along their route.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

流ながれ

nagare

flow, current

Example sentences

流ながれは池いけに注そそいでいる。
The stream falls into the pond.
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この川かわの流ながれは急きゅうだ。
The current of this river is rapid.
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このあたりは流ながれが速はやい。
The current is rapid around here.
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Kanji in 流

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

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