N31326/1669
流れる
Ichidan verbverb (generic)intransitive verb
Reading
ながれる
Meanings
- to stream, to flow (liquid, time, etc.), to run (ink)
- to be washed away, to be carried
- to drift, to float (e.g. clouds), to wander, to stray
- to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire), to spread, to circulate
- to be heard (e.g. music), to be played
- to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair)
- to pass, to elapse, to be transmitted
- to be called off, to be forfeited
- to disappear, to be removed
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Example sentences
川に葉っぱが流れている。
Leaves are flowing down the river.
時間が流れるのは早い。
Time flows by quickly.
店内に静かな音楽が流れていた。
Quiet music was playing inside the store.
大雨で橋が流れてしまった。
The bridge was washed away by the heavy rain.
彼女の悪い噂が学校中に流れたらしい。
It seems that bad rumors about her spread throughout the school.
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