流れる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
なが
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From the classical lower bigrade verb (ラ行下二段活用) ながる.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "流れる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
流れる がれ
Imperative (命令形) 流れろ がれ
Key constructions
Passive 流れられる がれられ
Causative 流れさせる がれさせ
Potential 流れられる がれられ
Volitional 流れよう がれよ
Negative 流れない がれない
Negative perfective 流れなかった がれなかった
Formal 流れます がれま
Perfective 流れた れた
Conjunctive 流れて れて
Hypothetical conditional 流れれば がれれば

Verb

(なが)れる (nagareruintransitive ichidan (stem (なが) (nagare), past (なが)れた (nagareta))

Japanese verb pair
active 流す
mediopassive 流れる
  1. flow, run, rush, stream
    (なが)れる(かわ)(おと)
    nagareru kawa no oto
    the sound of a flowing river
  2. wash away
  3. (for rumors, news, etc. to) circulate, go around
  4. (for time to) pass
    (とき)(なが)()()()だ。
    Toki no nagare wa mujihi da.
    The passage of time is cruel.
  5. (for music or video to) play
  6. fail, fall through
    (けい)(かく)(なが)れた
    Keikaku ga nagareta.
    The plan was canceled.
  7. trend

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN