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潮流

Reading

Kana: ちょうりゅう
Romaji: chōryū
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

tide; tidal current

2

tendency; drift; trend

Kanji

Readings: チョウ、 しお、 うしお
Meanings: tide, salt water, opportunity
Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit

Example Sentences

時代(じだい)潮流(ちょうりゅう)急速(きゅうそく)変化(へんか)している。
➥The sweep of the times is changing rapidly.
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(だい)規模(きぼ)表面(ひょうめん)潮流(ちょうりゅう)存在(そんざい)していることがすでに()られているが、表面下(ひょうめんか)(おお)きな潮流(ちょうりゅう)発見(はっけん)されつつある。
➥Large-scale surface currents are already known to exist, and major currents below the ocean surface, too, are being found.
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潮流(ちょうりゅう)がその(ふね)外海(がいかい)へと漂流(ひょうりゅう)させた。
➥The tide carried the boat out to sea.
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