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    3. 本流

    本流

    本ほん流りゅう

    main course (of a river)

    KMT6News #15+1Nature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab15 strokes

    ほんりゅう

    Noun

    1.
    main course (of a river)

    Noun, Particle

    2.
    mainstream, main current (e.g. of thought)

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    その川かわの本ほん流りゅうはとても広ひろい。

    The main course of that river is very wide.

    KMT4Nature & Environment
    彼かれは常つねに時じ代だいの本ほん流りゅうを読よみ、ビジネスチャンスを掴つかんできた。

    He has always read the mainstream of the times and seized business opportunities.

    KMT6Business & FinanceCore Concepts
    支し流りゅうが合ごう流りゅうして、やがて大おおきな本ほん流りゅうとなる。

    Tributaries merge and eventually become a large main river.

    KMT6Nature & Environment
    この芸げい術じゅつスタイルは、現げん代だい美び術じゅつの本ほん流りゅうからは外ずれている。

    This art style deviates from the mainstream of contemporary art.

    KMT7Art & DesignCore Concepts
    彼かれの思し想そうは、当とう時じの学がく術じゅつ界かいの本ほん流りゅうとは一いっ線せんを画かくしていた。

    His philosophy was distinct from the mainstream of the academic world at that time.

    KMT8EducationHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    流
    なが.れる・なが.れ・なが.す・-なが.す…(5)
    current・a sink・flow・forfeit
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