JLPT N3 · Noun

流れ (nagare)

流れ (ながれ, nagare) is a Japanese noun meaning “flow (of a fluid or gas); stream”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ながれ
Romaji: nagare
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current · noun
flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends · noun
course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process · noun
group of people who remain together after the end of an event · noun
descent; ancestry; school · noun

Example sentences

流れは池に注いでいる。

The stream falls into the pond.

田中さんの教えるのは歴史の流れに逆らう。

Tanaka's teaching goes against the stream of history.

Tatoeba #114029

こういう流れになると結局、どんぐりの背比べになる。

Once things start going this way, in the end they'll all be much of a muchness.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 流れ

current, a sink, flowリュウ・ル・なが.れる・なが.れ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 流れ.

流行りゅうこうfashion流すながすto drain流れるながれるto stream流行るはやるto be popular流りゅうway一流いちりゅうfirst-class交流こうりゅうexchange (e.g. cultural)合流ごうりゅうconfluence (of rivers)流石さすがas one would expect電流でんりゅうelectric current流域りゅういきdrainage basin直流ちょくりゅうdirect current流しながしsink (e.g. in a kitchen)海流かいりゅうocean current

Source: JMdict entry 1552130 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.