confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
meteor; shooting star; falling star
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
fluent (in a language); flowing
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets; bisexuality; player who can play as both pitcher and fielder; dual sword wielding; two-sword fencing
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
(an) exile; vagrant; wanderer; nomad
elegance; taste; refinement
woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
drifting; drift; being adrift
professional woman go player
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
meteor swarm; meteor shower
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
mountain stream; mountain torrent
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
miscarriage; (spontaneous) abortion; abortive birth
streamline shape; aerodynamic shape
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
groundless rumor (rumour)
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
one's own style; self-taught manner
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
exile; banishment; deportation
high-voltage current; high-tension current
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
(air) turbulence; turbulent air
wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country
(inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
avalanche of earth and rocks
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
exhibition game; friendly match; friendly; interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
old manners; old style; old school (of art)
top university; leading university; first-rate university
woman writer; lady writer; authoress
out of fashion; out of style; outmoded
flow line; streamline; lines representing the flow of a fluid
interleague game; interleague match
distribution channel; channel of distribution
another style; another school (of thought, karate, etc.)
cultural exchange; cross-cultural communication; contacts between different cultures
influx of South Korean pop culture (into Japan)
wielding three swords; player who can play as pitcher, fielder and batter
one's own way of thinking; one's independent approach
bottom current; undercurrent
liquidity (esp. financial); fluidity; mobility (social, job, etc.)
flow rate (esp. water or electricity); quantity of flow; capacity (of output or throughput per unit time)
distribution network; distribution channels
populace; common run of men; worldly customs
Japanese style; Japanese fashion
contest between different schools (of fencing, etc.)
spiritual exchange; reciprocal flow of feeling
distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)
cancelling a meeting; adjournment of a meeting (due to lack of attendance)
fluid mechanics; fluid dynamics; hydrodynamics
sales channels; (product) distribution channels
illegitimate family lineage
Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)
anti-mainstream faction; fringe group; dissident group
return current; convection; reflux
channel; duct; passage; watercourse; flow channel
Western ways; Western customs; Western habits
flowing through; conduction
(secondary) tobacco smoke
lower reaches (e.g. of a valley); downstream sector
groundless rumor; groundless rumour; false report
exile; deportation; banishment
winning without fighting; method used to win without fighting; one's own way of doing things (i.e. as different from that of one's instructor); Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
his style; her style; his way (of); her way (of)
good family; better-class home
castaway story (e.g. Robinson Crusoe); drifter's adventure tale
living a roaming life; wandering and settling in a foreign land
streamlet; brooklet; rivulet
style of classical Japanese swordsmanship involving use of two swords
unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic
flowing south (e.g. of a river)
misappropriation (of funds, etc.)
counter for flags, banners, etc.
the same style; same school; common origin
threatened abortion; imminent abortion; threatened miscarriage; imminent miscarriage
flowing east (e.g. of a river)
fashionable color; fashionable colour
circulating widely (of news, etc.)
earth current; telluric current
Ogasawara-ryu (school of etiquette); punctilious etiquette; Ogasawara-ryu (school of archery, incl. horseback archery); Ogasawara-ryu (school of military strategy)
(metaphorically) floating with the tide
round that ends with nobody winning
Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
flowing down (e.g. water in a river); downward flow
ferrofluid; magnetic fluid; magnetorheological fluid
infected district; infected area; endemic area
Hozoin-ryu (school of sojutsu)
personnel exchange; people-to-people exchange
top-ranked firm; top-tier corporation; leading company; prestigious company; stellar company
Kantei style of calligraphy
popular singer; singer of pop songs
swirling current; eddy; whirlpool; eddy current
women's writing; literature written by women
excess current; over current
the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho)
elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy
rectification; commutation
conservative mainstream (in Japan assoc. with LDP faction of Shigeru Yoshida)
Kanze style (noh); Kanze school of noh
female professional; mistress (in a field)
spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures
Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyōsho style popular in the Edo period
gastroesophageal reflux disease
flowing north (e.g. of a river)
old sword fighting; sword drawing style or school from Shizuoka prefecture
female writer; woman writer
unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic
Japan Current; Kuroshio Current
don't complain until the job is finished; the end crowns the work
international cultural exchange
Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
brain drain; outflow of talent
identifying (oneself) with the middle class
natural abortion; spontaneous abortion; miscarriage
pink eye; epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu (iaido style)
mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned
direct current power transmission
taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy
Urasenke school of tea ceremony
axial flow; axial current
coastal current; littoral current; alongshore current
drooling; hypersalivation; sialorrhea
prosaic person; person of an unromantic turn of mind; philistine
impoverished elderly; poor senior citizens
all-Japanese-are-middle-class mentality
intergenerational (social) exchange
the cream (pink) of fashion
exchange conference (e.g. cultural, educational, etc.); exchange meeting
spiritual sympathy; spiritual communion
kobori; swimming while wearing armor
manifestation (revelation) of one's natural sincerity (naivete)
Sogetsu school of flower arrangement
stray arrow; flying arrow
epiphora (excessive watering of the eye)
sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong
delayed miscarriage; silent miscarriage; missed abortion
Hozoin-ryu (school of sojutsu)
Yoshin-ryu; martial art tradition founded in the Edo period
liquidity on hand; ready liquidity cash plus marketable securities
any port will do in a storm; (lit.) when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune
coincident-current selection
rice not subject to government controls
(beware of) merging traffic
merging car; car merging into a lane
incentives to promote land transactions
partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection; PAPVC; partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage; PAPVD; partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; PAPVR
pink eye; epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
distribution strategy; channel strategy
partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection; PAPVC; partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage; PAPVD; partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; PAPVR
(Shorin-ryu) Okinawa school of karate
employment mobility; fluidity of employment
interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection; PAPVC; partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage; PAPVD; partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; PAPVR
current flowing from the open sea towards land
three-phase alternating current
current ratio; liquidity ratio
bridge-type full-wave rectifier
Goryū Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto)
sale of goods (as opposed to services)
high mountains and running water; the beauty of nature; beautifully (skillfully) played music
Shorin-ryu; Okinawa school of karate
regenerative fan; vortex flow fan
regenerative blower; vortex flow blower
Foreign Policy Commission; Foreign Relations Committee
discharged water; final effluent
discharge water from a dam
flu shot; injection for influenza immunization
dam discharge (e.g. water)
mesoscale convective system; MCS
equatorial countercurrent
forfeiting a pawned article
influx of Taiwanese pop culture (into Japan)
habitual abortion; recurrent miscarriage; recurrent fetal loss; recurrent pregnancy loss
current reduction (usu. electrical)
flow meter (liquid); current meter (electricity)
mercury arc valve; mercury vapor rectifier
sending logs downstream bound together in rafts; floating bound timber downstream; timber rafting
flowing west (e.g. of a river)
silicon controlled rectifier; SCR
catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel)
conservative calligraphy style used to write rankings
current decreasing resistor
sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong
anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)
Shotokan (style of karate)
profuse perspiration; dripping with sweat