Adverb (fukushi), Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone) · still; all the same; after all · even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounfluent (in a language); flowing

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)fluid; unsettled

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto drain; to pour; to run; to let flow; to flush; to shed (blood, tears); to spill · to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift · to wash away; to carry away; to sweep away

Nounflow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current · flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency · course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'fashion; trend; vogue; craze; fad; popularity · prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

Ichidan verb, Intransitive verbto 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

Suffixway; manner; style; fashion; mode · school (e.g. of flower arrangement) · class; rate; rank

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Nounfirst-class; first-rate; top-flight; top-ranking; leading; eminent; top · characteristic (of); peculiar (to); unique (to) · school (e.g. of flower arrangement)

Noundownstream; lower reaches of a river · lower classes

Nounocean current

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbreturn current; reflux; back flow

Nounmountain stream; mountain torrent

Nounraging stream; rapids

Nounsource (e.g. of a river); headwaters · origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbexchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; mingling; mixing; coming together · alternating current; AC

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbconfluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining · joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up; merging (e.g. of traffic); meeting (up)

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Nounthird-rate; third-class

Nountributary; branch

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'(the) mainstream · main course (of a river); main stream

Nounwoman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)

Nounupper stream; upper course; upper reaches · upstream · upper classes

Nounclear stream

Nounmuddy stream

Nounwarm current

Nounmid-stream; middle course · middle class

Nountide; tidal current · tendency; drift; trend

Nounelectric current

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'second-rate; inferior

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbdrifting; drift; being adrift

Nounmain course (of a river) · mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)

Nounsink (e.g. in a kitchen) · cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.) · washing area (in a Japanese-style bath)

Noundrainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbloodshed

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verboutflow; effluence; efflux; spillage; spill; discharge; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding (e.g. of ink into paper) · outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbcirculation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution · circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbflow

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbinflow; influx

Nounschool (of painting, ikebana, etc.)

Noundrift ice; ice floe

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbdiversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation · making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose; utilization

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbvagrancy; wandering; nomadism

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbdischarge (e.g. of water from a dam) · release of fish (into a river, pond, etc.); stocking with fish (a river, etc.) · banishment; exile

Nounphysical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics

Nounfashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbundercurrent

Nounshooting star; falling star; meteor · blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verbto be popular; to come into fashion · to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to be endemic · to flourish; to thrive

Nounpopular song; hit song