Keyword
current (in a fluid)
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig826
Readings
なが
(59%)
(1%)
(1%)
Composed of
water drops
leaky kettle
Mnemonic

I've opened my kitchen tap to fill my kettle with water and the current was so strong that it punched a hole in the kettle and made it leak!

Used in vocabulary (645 in total)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to shed blood
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
electric current
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
to wash away; to rinse off
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
meteor; shooting star; falling star
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
water current
fluent (in a language); flowing
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
third-rate; third-class
school (e.g. of ikebana)
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
bloodstream; blood flow
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
elegance; taste; refinement
fluent; flowing; elegant
liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets; bisexuality; player who can play as both pitcher and fielder; dual sword wielding; two-sword fencing
raging stream; rapids
circulation; dissemination
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
second-rate; inferior
drifting; drift; being adrift
running water; stream
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
to rinse one's back
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
ocean current
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
meteor swarm; meteor shower
sink; washstand
mountain stream; mountain torrent
trend of the times; way things are going
tributary; branch
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
miscarriage; (spontaneous) abortion; abortive birth
dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually
stranger; tramp; wanderer
groundless rumor (rumour)
streamline shape; aerodynamic shape
one's own style; self-taught manner
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
exile; banishment
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
swift current; rapids
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
skimming (a book, etc.)
assembly-line system
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)
exile; banishment; deportation
drift ice; ice floe
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
high-voltage current; high-tension current
cancellation; abandonment
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
(air) turbulence; turbulent air
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
wandering people; nomadic tribe
avalanche of earth and rocks
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
banishment; exile
(an) exile; vagrant; wanderer; nomad
exile
popular song; hit song
stray arrow
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
(inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)
streamline shape; aerodynamic shape
top university; leading university; first-rate university
to blow along (in the wind); to set adrift
to sweat and slave; to toil away
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country
out of fashion; out of style; outmoded
old manners; old style; old school (of art)
(air) turbulence
fine white noodles served flowing in a small flume
being washed away
distribution channel; channel of distribution
place for showering next to a tub
woman writer; lady writer; authoress
currently popular; in fashion; trendy
workmanship; style
cultural exchange; cross-cultural communication; contacts between different cultures
to get a reputation as a philanderer
flow line; streamline; lines representing the flow of a fluid
influx of South Korean pop culture (into Japan)
to flow down; to run down
one's own way of thinking; one's independent approach
jet (of water)
exhibition game; friendly match; friendly; interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
going in and out of style; changes in fashion
lineage of eldest son
liquidity (esp. financial); fluidity; mobility (social, job, etc.)
streamer; pennant; windsock
another style; another school (of thought, karate, etc.)
bottom current; undercurrent
fluent (in a language); flowing
horseback archery
to wander; to roam
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
interleague game; interleague match
influenza; flu
distribution network; distribution channels
Japanese style; Japanese fashion
free-flowing (hot spring, irrigation, etc.)
flow rate (esp. water or electricity); quantity of flow; capacity (of output or throughput per unit time)
fashionable thing; popular thing; craze
spiritual exchange; reciprocal flow of feeling
exile; banishment
to get a reputation as a philanderer
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
to draw off; to run out; to flush out
contest between different schools (of fencing, etc.)
fluid mechanics; fluid dynamics; hydrodynamics
to read smoothly; to skim
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)
celebrities; notables
professional woman go player
stream of consciousness
direct current; DC
return current; convection; reflux
revelation; outpouring
fashionable thing; popular thing; craze
populace; common run of men; worldly customs
ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river
mountain stream fishing
Western ways; Western customs; Western habits
being carried away by a current; drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river; cancellation; standing up
good family; better-class home
flowing through; conduction
(secondary) tobacco smoke
Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)
banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system
to drift together; to drift to the shore
his style; her style; his way (of); her way (of)
wielding three swords; player who can play as pitcher, fielder and batter
illegitimate family lineage
lower reaches (e.g. of a valley); downstream sector
anti-mainstream faction; fringe group; dissident group
channel; duct; passage; watercourse; flow channel
wandering; soil erosion
streamlet; brooklet; rivulet
winning without fighting; method used to win without fighting; one's own way of doing things (i.e. as different from that of one's instructor); Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
to wander about
groundless rumor; groundless rumour; false report
castaway story (e.g. Robinson Crusoe); drifter's adventure tale
speed of moving fluid
exile; deportation; banishment
streamer; pennant; windsock
living a roaming life; wandering and settling in a foreign land
unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic
all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing
sales channels; (product) distribution channels
style of classical Japanese swordsmanship involving use of two swords
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
misappropriation (of funds, etc.)
fashionable color; fashionable colour
(volcanic) mud flow
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
branch of a school
the same style; same school; common origin
scrawl; scrawled writing
threatened abortion; imminent abortion; threatened miscarriage; imminent miscarriage
(volume of) blood flow
(metaphorically) floating with the tide
counter for flags, banners, etc.
flowing east (e.g. of a river)
circulating widely (of news, etc.)
Ogasawara-ryu (school of etiquette); punctilious etiquette; Ogasawara-ryu (school of archery, incl. horseback archery); Ogasawara-ryu (school of military strategy)
forfeiting a pawned item; unredeemed pledge; foreclosure
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
silvering; silvered item; person who is all style and no substance; poser
crying; delacrimation
personnel exchange; people-to-people exchange
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
influx of Chinese pop culture (into Japan)
flowing south (e.g. of a river)
flowing down (e.g. water in a river); downward flow
spread of rumours (esp. to influence stock prices); spread of rumors
top-ranked firm; top-tier corporation; leading company; prestigious company; stellar company
to drift together; to drift to the shore
unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic
excess current; over current
meandering stream
round that ends with nobody winning
infected district; infected area; endemic area
ferrofluid; magnetic fluid; magnetorheological fluid
Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
popular edition (of a book)
Hozoin-ryu (school of sojutsu)
Kantei style of calligraphy
one's own way of thinking; one's independent approach
banishment; exile
to rain heavily; to be raining cats and dogs
to cry tears of joy; to weep for joy
popular singer; singer of pop songs
floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased
mountain stream; mountain torrent
hitting to the opposite field
swirling current; eddy; whirlpool; eddy current
anti-mainstream; fringe
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
women's writing; literature written by women
anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods
modern; contemporary
the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho)
rectification; commutation
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
earth current; telluric current
suddenly popular god; suddenly popular shrine
cancelling a meeting; adjournment of a meeting (due to lack of attendance)
fine white noodles served flowing in a small flume
workmanship; style
elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy
ground soup; ground seafood, beans, nuts, etc. seasoned and mixed with broth
unredeemed article; forfeited item
Kanze style (noh); Kanze school of noh
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
conservative mainstream (in Japan assoc. with LDP faction of Shigeru Yoshida)
spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures
flowing into the black market
buzzword; popular expression; vogue word or phrase
going in and out of style; changes in fashion
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
female professional; mistress (in a field)
flowing north (e.g. of a river)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
paper dolls floated downriver on March 3
flowchart; flow diagram
Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyōsho style popular in the Edo period
endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences
subterranean stream
marbling print; paper marbling
old sword fighting; sword drawing style or school from Shizuoka prefecture
roving robber; marauder
floating object (e.g. in water); forfeited pawned article
ritual to banish the sleep demon (esp. in Tōhoku)
slanting, one-sided (shed) roof
old sword fighting; sword drawing style or school from Shizuoka prefecture
Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
don't complain until the job is finished; the end crowns the work
unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic
overflow; spill
transient
Japan Current; Kuroshio Current
taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy
natural abortion; spontaneous abortion; miscarriage
direct current power transmission
brain drain; outflow of talent
the Gulf Stream
identifying (oneself) with the middle class
panning (a movie camera)
axial flow; axial current
banishment (to a nearby province); the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system
pattern now in fashion
swirling current; eddy; whirlpool; eddy current
Urasenke school of tea ceremony
to blow along (in the wind); to set adrift
rectifier tube; diode
coastal current; littoral current; alongshore current
mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned
prosaic person; person of an unromantic turn of mind; philistine
stray arrow; flying arrow
impoverished elderly; poor senior citizens
conjunctivitis; pink eye; epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
all-Japanese-are-middle-class mentality
Sogetsu school of flower arrangement
popular person; star; favourite; popular geisha
buzzword; popular expression; vogue word or phrase
manifestation (revelation) of one's natural sincerity (naivete)
the cream (pink) of fashion
intergenerational (social) exchange
win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round
kobori; swimming while wearing armor
sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong
ground soup; ground seafood, beans, nuts, etc. seasoned and mixed with broth
there are exceptions to every rule; (lit.) rocks will flow and leaves will sink
exchange conference (e.g. cultural, educational, etc.); exchange meeting
epiphora (excessive watering of the eye)
delayed miscarriage; silent miscarriage; missed abortion
drooling; hypersalivation; sialorrhea
spiritual sympathy; spiritual communion
sink; washstand
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
cancellation; abandonment
fine white noodles served flowing in a small flume
personnel exchange; people-to-people exchange
personnel exchange; people-to-people exchange
banishment (to a somewhat distant province); middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system
popular person; star; favourite; popular geisha
perfusion pressure
conjunctivitis; pink eye; epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
conjunctivitis; pink eye; epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
Yoshin-ryu; martial art tradition founded in the Edo period
three banishment punishments (of different severity; under ritsuryo system)
old current; old style
three-phase alternating current
dye bleeding (in fabric dyeing)
ordinary style
floating about; drifting
rice not subject to government controls
flow meter (liquid); current meter (electricity)
forfeiting a pawned article
swiftly running river; rapid stream
to forfeit a pawned article
conservative calligraphy style used to write rankings
sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong
profuse perspiration; dripping with sweat
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
high mountains and running water; the beauty of nature; beautifully (skillfully) played music
partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection; PAPVC; partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage; PAPVD; partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; PAPVR
partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection; PAPVC; partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage; PAPVD; partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; PAPVR
partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection; PAPVC; partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage; PAPVD; partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; PAPVR
Foreign Policy Commission; Foreign Relations Committee
to refuse stubbornly to admit one is wrong
mercury arc valve; mercury vapor rectifier
(Shorin-ryu) Okinawa school of karate
catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel)
anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)
influx of Taiwanese pop culture (into Japan)
sale of goods (as opposed to services)
job stream; run stream; input stream
job stream; run stream; input stream
job stream; run stream; input stream
water seeks its own level
regenerative fan; vortex flow fan
regenerative fan; vortex flow fan
regenerative blower; vortex flow blower
regenerative blower; vortex flow blower
flu shot; injection for influenza immunization
pink eye; epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
discharged water; final effluent
discharge water from a dam
dam discharge (e.g. water)
overflowing; flooding
Shorin-ryu; Okinawa school of karate
pulmonary blood flow
Goryū Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto)
mesoscale convective system; MCS
translocation; drift
liquidity on hand; ready liquidity cash plus marketable securities
incentives to promote land transactions
habitual abortion; recurrent miscarriage; recurrent fetal loss; recurrent pregnancy loss
equatorial countercurrent
countercurrent
current-limiting
sotāpanna; śrotāpanna; stream-winner; stream-entrant
current reduction (usu. electrical)
employment mobility; fluidity of employment
distribution strategy; channel strategy
flowing west (e.g. of a river)
any port will do in a storm; (lit.) when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune
any port will do in a storm; (lit.) when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune
interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
current flowing from the open sea towards land
(beware of) merging traffic
merging car; car merging into a lane
the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate
current ratio; liquidity ratio
sending logs downstream bound together in rafts; floating bound timber downstream; timber rafting
sending logs downstream bound together in rafts; floating bound timber downstream; timber rafting
Asian constable (species of butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus)
Examples (200 in total)
Tears were flowing down her cheeks.
Tears were rolling down her cheek.
Do something about the flow of blood from the wound.