流れ
1
flow (of a fluid or gas);stream;current
流れは池に注いでいる。
The stream falls into the pond.
2
flow (of people, things);passage (of time);tide;passing;(changing) trends;tendency
田中さんの教えるのは歴史の流れに逆らう。
Tanaka's teaching goes against the stream of history.
3
course (of events);(step-by-step) procedure;process
こういう流れになると結局、どんぐりの背比べになる。
Once things start going this way, in the end they'll all be much of a muchness.
4
group of people who remain together after the end of an event
5
descent;ancestry;school
社会エコロジーが現代の環境保護の第２の流れであるという観点を特に強調しておきたい。
I would like to put special emphasis on the concept that social ecology is the second school of contemporary environmentalism.
6
forfeiture;foreclosure
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drifting;wandering;roaming