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JLPT N3 · Verb

流れる (nagareru)

流れる (ながれる, nagareru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ながれる
Romaji
nagareru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink) · ichidan verb, intransitive
  2. to be washed away; to be carried · ichidan verb, intransitive
  3. to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray · ichidan verb, intransitive
  4. to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); to spread; to circulate · ichidan verb, intransitive
  5. to be heard (e.g. music); to be played · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

アルフォンスが空を見上げたまま、速く流れる雲を見つめていた。
Alphonse looked at the racing clouds, his eyes turned to the sky.
Tatoeba #139699
セーヌ川はパリを流れている。
The Seine flows through Paris.
Tatoeba #214064
当時はきれいな水がこの川にも流れていた。
Pure water was washed away to this river as well at that time.
Tatoeba #124072

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

Conjugation of 流れる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary流れるながれる nagareru
Polite (~masu)流れますながれます nagaremasu
Negative流れないながれない nagarenai
Polite negative流れませんながれません nagaremasen
Past流れたながれた nagareta
Polite past流れましたながれました nagaremashita
Negative past流れなかったながれなかった nagarenakatta
Te-form流れてながれて nagarete
Potential流れられるながれられる nagarerareru
Passive流れられるながれられる nagarerareru
Causative流れさせるながれさせる nagaresaseru
Volitional流れようながれよう nagareyou
Imperative流れろながれろ nagarero
Conditional (~ba)流れればながれれば nagarereba

Kanji in 流れる

流
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 流れる.

流行りゅうこうfashion流すながすto drain流れながれflow (of a fluid or gas)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 1552140 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.