流れ (Nagare) is a Japanese noun meaning “flow (of a fluid or gas), stream, current, flow (of people, things)”.
Meanings
- nounflow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current
- nounflow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency
- nouncourse (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process
- noungroup of people who remain together after the end of an event
- noundescent; ancestry; school
- nounforfeiture; foreclosure
Examples
静かな流れは深い。
Still waters run deep.
この川の流れは急だ。
The current of this river is rapid.
流れは池に注いでいる。
The stream falls into the pond.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).