"流れる" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [na̠ɡa̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: From the classical lower bigrade (下二段活用(しもにだん) (shimo nidan)) verb 流(なが)る (nagaru). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|下二段活用|しも にだん}} 下二段活用(しもにだん) (shimo nidan), {{ja-r|流る|ながる}} 流(なが)る (nagaru) Head templates: {{ja-verb|ながれる|tr=intr|type=2}} 流(なが)れる • (nagareru) intransitive ichidan (stem 流(なが)れ (nagare), past 流(なが)れた (nagareta)) Forms: 流れる intransitive ichidan [canonical] (ruby: 流(なが)), nagareru [romanization], 流れ [stem] (ruby: 流(なが)), 流れた [past] (ruby: 流(なが)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 流れ [imperfective], ながれ [imperfective], nagare [imperfective], 流れ [continuative], ながれ [continuative], nagare [continuative], 流れる [terminative], ながれる [terminative], nagareru [terminative], 流れる [attributive], ながれる [attributive], nagareru [attributive], 流れれ [hypothetical], ながれれ [hypothetical], nagarere [hypothetical], 流れよ [imperative, literary], 流れろ [colloquial, imperative], ながれよ [imperative, literary], ながれろ [colloquial, imperative], nagareyo [imperative, literary], nagarero [colloquial, imperative], 流れられる [passive], ながれられる [passive], nagarerareru [passive], 流れさせる [causative], 流れさす [causative], ながれさせる [causative], ながれさす [causative], nagaresaseru [causative], nagaresasu [causative], 流れられる [potential], 流れれる [colloquial, potential], ながれられる [potential], ながれれる [colloquial, potential], nagarerareru [potential], nagarereru [colloquial, potential], 流れよう [volitional], ながれよう [volitional], nagareyō [volitional], 流れない [negative], 流れぬ [negative], 流れん [negative], ながれない [negative], ながれぬ [negative], ながれん [negative], nagarenai [negative], nagarenu [negative], nagaren [negative], 流れず [continuative, negative], ながれず [continuative, negative], nagarezu [continuative, negative], 流れます [formal], ながれます [formal], nagaremasu [formal], 流れた [perfective], ながれた [perfective], nagareta [perfective], 流れて [conjunctive], ながれて [conjunctive], nagarete [conjunctive], 流れれば [conditional, hypothetical], ながれれば [conditional, hypothetical], nagarereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to flow, to run, to rush, to stream
    Sense id: en-流れる-ja-verb-kUNeMypy
  2. to wash away
    Sense id: en-流れる-ja-verb-hppjHiHU Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 11 29 4 4 12 28 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 8 21 16 8 8 18 8 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 15 20 6 6 14 25 9
  3. (of rumors, news, etc.) to circulate, to go around Tags: usually Synonyms: 広(ひろ)まる (alt: hiromaru)
    Sense id: en-流れる-ja-verb-0Lgbxpw7 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 11 29 4 4 12 28 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 8 21 16 8 8 18 8 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 13 34 5 5 12 16 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 15 20 6 6 14 25 9
  4. (of time) to pass, to elapse Synonyms: 経(けい)過(か)する (alt: keika suru), 経(た)つ (alt: tatsu)
    Sense id: en-流れる-ja-verb-ajMHYcY6 Categories (other): Time
  5. (of audio or video) to play
    Sense id: en-流れる-ja-verb-JCN-luUY
  6. to fail, to fall through
    Sense id: en-流れる-ja-verb-6FBgd5tY Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 11 29 4 4 12 28 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 8 21 16 8 8 18 8 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 15 20 6 6 14 25 9
  7. (of an unborn child) to be miscarried Synonyms: 流(りゅう)産(ざん)する (alt: ryūzan suru)
    Sense id: en-流れる-ja-verb-IfF7QFte Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 11 29 4 4 12 28 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 17 13 7 7 14 27 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 4 10 15 4 4 11 38 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 15 20 6 6 14 25 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 16 16 6 6 14 26 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 13 10 5 5 10 45 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 11 8 4 4 9 53 7
  8. to trend
    Sense id: en-流れる-ja-verb-zJ1MRD39 Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 8 21 16 8 8 18 8 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "下二段活用(しもにだん)",
      "下二段活用#Japanese"
    ],
    [
      "流(なが)る",
      "流る#Japanese"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "下二段活用",
        "2": "しも にだん"
      },
      "expansion": "下二段活用(しもにだん) (shimo nidan)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "流る",
        "2": "ながる"
      },
      "expansion": "流(なが)る (nagaru)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the classical lower bigrade (下二段活用(しもにだん) (shimo nidan)) verb 流(なが)る (nagaru).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "流れる intransitive ichidan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "流",
          "なが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagareru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れ",
      "roman": "nagare",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "流",
          "なが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れた",
      "roman": "nagareta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "流",
          "なが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-verbconj-row",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagareyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagaresaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagaresasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagareyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagaren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagaremasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagareta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ながれる",
        "tr": "intr",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "流(なが)れる • (nagareru) intransitive ichidan (stem 流(なが)れ (nagare), past 流(なが)れた (nagareta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the sound of a flowing river",
          "roman": "nagareru kawa no oto",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ],
            [
              "川",
              "かわ"
            ],
            [
              "音",
              "おと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "流れる川の音",
          "translation": "the sound of a flowing river"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to flow, to run, to rush, to stream"
      ],
      "id": "en-流れる-ja-verb-kUNeMypy",
      "links": [
        [
          "flow",
          "flow"
        ],
        [
          "run",
          "run"
        ],
        [
          "rush",
          "rush"
        ],
        [
          "stream",
          "stream"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 11 29 4 4 12 28 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 21 16 8 8 18 8 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 15 20 6 6 14 25 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wash away"
      ],
      "id": "en-流れる-ja-verb-hppjHiHU",
      "links": [
        [
          "wash",
          "wash"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 11 29 4 4 12 28 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 21 16 8 8 18 8 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 13 34 5 5 12 16 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 15 20 6 6 14 25 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to circulate, to go around"
      ],
      "id": "en-流れる-ja-verb-0Lgbxpw7",
      "links": [
        [
          "circulate",
          "circulate"
        ],
        [
          "go around",
          "go around"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "news",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of rumors, news, etc.) to circulate, to go around"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of rumors"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "hiromaru",
          "word": "広(ひろ)まる"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "ja:Time",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Time passes.",
          "roman": "Toki ga nagareru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "時",
              "とき"
            ],
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "時が流れる。",
          "translation": "Time passes."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pass, to elapse"
      ],
      "id": "en-流れる-ja-verb-ajMHYcY6",
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ],
        [
          "elapse",
          "elapse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of time) to pass, to elapse"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of time"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "keika suru",
          "word": "経(けい)過(か)する"
        },
        {
          "alt": "tatsu",
          "word": "経(た)つ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              83,
              94
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              34,
              39
            ]
          ],
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this example)",
          "ref": "2020 December 22, QuizKnock [QuizKnock], 東大生が考えた都市伝説、信じちゃう説, via YouTube:",
          "roman": "Yoku niteiru ryōsha no shīemu ni oite, onsei dake ga chiguhagu na no da. Mochiron, nagareteiru naiyō wa fudan to kawaranai. Tada, onsei dake ga chigau.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "似",
              "に"
            ],
            [
              "両",
              "りょう"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "C",
              "シー"
            ],
            [
              "M",
              "エム"
            ],
            [
              "音",
              "おん"
            ],
            [
              "声",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ],
            [
              "内",
              "ない"
            ],
            [
              "容",
              "よう"
            ],
            [
              "普",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "段",
              "だん"
            ],
            [
              "変",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "音",
              "おん"
            ],
            [
              "声",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "違",
              "ちが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "よく似ている両者のCMにおいて、音声だけがチグハグなのだ。もちろん、流れている内容は普段と変わらない。ただ、音声だけが違う。",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this example)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to play"
      ],
      "id": "en-流れる-ja-verb-JCN-luUY",
      "links": [
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of audio or video) to play"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of audio or video"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 11 29 4 4 12 28 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 21 16 8 8 18 8 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 15 20 6 6 14 25 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The plan was canceled.",
          "roman": "Keikaku ga nagareta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "計",
              "けい"
            ],
            [
              "画",
              "かく"
            ],
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "計画が流れた。",
          "translation": "The plan was canceled."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fail, to fall through"
      ],
      "id": "en-流れる-ja-verb-6FBgd5tY",
      "links": [
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "fall through",
          "fall through"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 11 29 4 4 12 28 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 17 13 7 7 14 27 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 10 15 4 4 11 38 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 15 20 6 6 14 25 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 16 16 6 6 14 26 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 13 10 5 5 10 45 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 11 8 4 4 9 53 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The child was stillborn.",
          "roman": "Ko ga nagareta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "子",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "子が流れた。",
          "translation": "The child was stillborn."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be miscarried"
      ],
      "id": "en-流れる-ja-verb-IfF7QFte",
      "links": [
        [
          "miscarried",
          "miscarry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of an unborn child) to be miscarried"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an unborn child"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "ryūzan suru",
          "word": "流(りゅう)産(ざん)する"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 21 16 8 8 18 8 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 20 19 8 8 17 8 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to trend"
      ],
      "id": "en-流れる-ja-verb-zJ1MRD39",
      "links": [
        [
          "trend",
          "trend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ɡa̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]"
    },
    {
      "other": "ながれる"
    }
  ],
  "word": "流れる"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese shimo ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 流 read as なが",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "下二段活用(しもにだん)",
      "下二段活用#Japanese"
    ],
    [
      "流(なが)る",
      "流る#Japanese"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "下二段活用",
        "2": "しも にだん"
      },
      "expansion": "下二段活用(しもにだん) (shimo nidan)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "流る",
        "2": "ながる"
      },
      "expansion": "流(なが)る (nagaru)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the classical lower bigrade (下二段活用(しもにだん) (shimo nidan)) verb 流(なが)る (nagaru).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "流れる intransitive ichidan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "流",
          "なが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagareru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れ",
      "roman": "nagare",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "流",
          "なが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れた",
      "roman": "nagareta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "流",
          "なが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-verbconj-row",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagareyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagaresaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagaresasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagareyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagaren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagaremasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagareta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "流れれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながれれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagarereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ながれる",
        "tr": "intr",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "流(なが)れる • (nagareru) intransitive ichidan (stem 流(なが)れ (nagare), past 流(なが)れた (nagareta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the sound of a flowing river",
          "roman": "nagareru kawa no oto",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ],
            [
              "川",
              "かわ"
            ],
            [
              "音",
              "おと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "流れる川の音",
          "translation": "the sound of a flowing river"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to flow, to run, to rush, to stream"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flow",
          "flow"
        ],
        [
          "run",
          "run"
        ],
        [
          "rush",
          "rush"
        ],
        [
          "stream",
          "stream"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to wash away"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wash",
          "wash"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to circulate, to go around"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circulate",
          "circulate"
        ],
        [
          "go around",
          "go around"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "news",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of rumors, news, etc.) to circulate, to go around"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of rumors"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "hiromaru",
          "word": "広(ひろ)まる"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "ja:Time"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Time passes.",
          "roman": "Toki ga nagareru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "時",
              "とき"
            ],
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "時が流れる。",
          "translation": "Time passes."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pass, to elapse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ],
        [
          "elapse",
          "elapse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of time) to pass, to elapse"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of time"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "keika suru",
          "word": "経(けい)過(か)する"
        },
        {
          "alt": "tatsu",
          "word": "経(た)つ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with quotations",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Japanese usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              83,
              94
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              34,
              39
            ]
          ],
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this example)",
          "ref": "2020 December 22, QuizKnock [QuizKnock], 東大生が考えた都市伝説、信じちゃう説, via YouTube:",
          "roman": "Yoku niteiru ryōsha no shīemu ni oite, onsei dake ga chiguhagu na no da. Mochiron, nagareteiru naiyō wa fudan to kawaranai. Tada, onsei dake ga chigau.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "似",
              "に"
            ],
            [
              "両",
              "りょう"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "C",
              "シー"
            ],
            [
              "M",
              "エム"
            ],
            [
              "音",
              "おん"
            ],
            [
              "声",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ],
            [
              "内",
              "ない"
            ],
            [
              "容",
              "よう"
            ],
            [
              "普",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "段",
              "だん"
            ],
            [
              "変",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "音",
              "おん"
            ],
            [
              "声",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "違",
              "ちが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "よく似ている両者のCMにおいて、音声だけがチグハグなのだ。もちろん、流れている内容は普段と変わらない。ただ、音声だけが違う。",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this example)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to play"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of audio or video) to play"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of audio or video"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The plan was canceled.",
          "roman": "Keikaku ga nagareta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "計",
              "けい"
            ],
            [
              "画",
              "かく"
            ],
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "計画が流れた。",
          "translation": "The plan was canceled."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fail, to fall through"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "fall through",
          "fall through"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The child was stillborn.",
          "roman": "Ko ga nagareta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "子",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "子が流れた。",
          "translation": "The child was stillborn."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be miscarried"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miscarried",
          "miscarry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of an unborn child) to be miscarried"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an unborn child"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "ryūzan suru",
          "word": "流(りゅう)産(ざん)する"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to trend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trend",
          "trend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ɡa̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]"
    },
    {
      "other": "ながれる"
    }
  ],
  "word": "流れる"
}

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