ながれる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink)
I wonder if this water flows all the way to the town.
2. to be washed away; to be carried
3. to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray
I stared at the clouds flowing past outside the window.
4. to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); to spread; to circulate
5. to be heard (e.g. music); to be played
The same song played again.
6. to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair)
7. to pass; to elapse; to be transmitted
8. to be called off; to be forfeited
9. to disappear; to be removed
Pitch accent
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Top 41600
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
to sit in proper order
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
Examples (79 in total)
The toilet doesn't flush properly.
I am counting the drifting clouds.
A sense of relief fills the air.