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    3. 漂流

    漂流

    漂ひょう流りゅう

    drifting

    KMT8News #17+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab24 strokes

    ひょうりゅう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    drifting, drift, being adrift

    Stroke 0 / 24

    Speed1.0x

    ボートが海うみを漂ひょう流りゅうしている。

    A boat is drifting on the sea.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationNature & Environment
    嵐あらしで船ふねが遭そう難なんし、乗のり組くみ員いんは漂ひょう流りゅうを余よ儀ぎなくされた。

    The ship was wrecked in a storm, and the crew was forced to drift.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationNature & Environment
    太たい平へい洋ようを漂ひょう流りゅうしたサバイバル物ものが語たりは、多おおくの人 々 に感 動 を与あたえた。

    The survival story of drifting across the Pacific Ocean moved many people.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationLiterature
    漂ひょう流りゅうゴミが海かい岸がんに打うち上あげられ、環かん境きょう問もん題だいとなっている。

    Drifting trash washes up on the coast, becoming an environmental problem.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationNature & Environment
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいにおいて、目もく的てきもなく漂ひょう流りゅうする若わか者ものが増ふえている。

    In modern society, the number of young people drifting aimlessly is increasing.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    漂
    ただよ.う…(1)
    drift・float (on liquid)
    流
    なが.れる・なが.れ・なが.す・-なが.す…(5)
    current・a sink・flow・forfeit
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