Ichidan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to stream, to flow (liquid, time, etc.), to run (ink).
  2. to be washed away, to be carried.
  3. to drift, to float (e.g. clouds), to wander, to stray.
  4. to sweep (e.g. rumor, fire), to spread, to circulate.
  5. to be heard (e.g. music), to be played.
  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.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
流れる ながれる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

current, a sink, flow
リュウ なが.れる ながれ (3rd, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
a cup with pendants, a pennant, wild
inverted child
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
かわ セン か (1st, N5)