流れ

nounながれ · nagare

1. Englishflow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current

   • 流れは池に注いでいる。The stream falls into the pond.

2. Englishflow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing

   • 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.

3. Englishcourse (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process

   • 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.

4. Englishgroup of people who remain together after the end of an event

5. Englishdescent; ancestry; school

   • 社会エコロジーが現代の環境保護の第２の流れであるという観点を特に強調しておきたい。I would like to put special emphasis on the concept that social ecology is the second school of contemporary environmentalism.

6. Englishforfeiture; foreclosure

7. Englishcancellation

8. Englishdrifting; wandering; roaming

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